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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, Reykjavik, New York, Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?
(a) A television show he watched that was in Spanish.
(b) He was about to take a trip to Mexico.
(c) A conversation with Neil's mother about Spain.
(d) Neil spoke the language.

2. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?
(a) English.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Spanish

3. What method does Daniel explain to the reader on how to test for a prime number?
(a) The Sieve of Eratosthenes.
(b) The Colander of Pyrogenes.
(c) The Prime Method of Calculation.
(d) The Cyrene Method.

4. What is one method Daniel's parents teach him to use to cope with his emotions?
(a) Doing yoga.
(b) Counting to ten.
(c) Skipping rope.
(d) Deep breathing.

5. Why did Daniel decide to publicly recite as many digits in the number pi as he could to beat a record?
(a) To raise money for autism research.
(b) To raise money for the National Society for Epilepsy.
(c) To impress Neil.
(d) For a documentary he was making.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know that he was born on a Wednesday?

2. Why are nouns Daniel's favorite parts of speech?

3. What does the National Autistic Society in England suggest as a fairer alternative to a job interview for autistic people?

4. Why does Daniel say people are surprised when he tells them he is a Christian?

5. How did Neil help Daniel memorize the pi digits?

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