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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, A Very Large Slice of Pi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During grade school Daniel longs for:
(a) Excitement.
(b) A part-time job.
(c) Better teachers.
(d) A friend.

2. Where does the name "pi" come from?
(a) The Greek mathematician, Archimedes.
(b) The Museum of the History of Mathematics.
(c) The word for "irrational number" in Russian.
(d) The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

3. How does the narrator know that he was born on a Wednesday?
(a) The date is blue in his mind and Wednesdays are always blue.
(b) A physician told him.
(c) He looked up the date on a calendar.
(d) His mother reminds him of this.

4. What is the name of the German boy that Daniel wanted to be closer to in secondary school?
(a) Hans.
(b) Herman.
(c) Johan.
(d) Jens.

5. How did anyone know if Daniel was reciting pi correctly?
(a) The numbers were flashed on a screen behind Daniel.
(b) There was no way to know.
(c) There were checkers to be sure he was.
(d) Neil was keeping track from the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?

2. When Daniel's mother was growing up, what did she consider herself to be?

3. What made Daniel stop playing in chess tournaments?

4. How did Daniel spend a lot of his time in the house on Blithbury Road?

5. Who are Daniel's heroes?

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