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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What diet did Daniel prefer as a child?
(a) Potatoes, juice, and crackers.
(b) Cereal, bread, and milk.
(c) Orange vegetables and bacon.
(d) Candy and meat.

2. When Daniel's father took a different route to nursery school one morning, how did Daniel react?
(a) With amazement at the new streets.
(b) With giggles.
(c) He didn't notice.
(d) With loud crying.

3. What is the name of the school play that Daniel's friend had a leading role in?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) Sweeney Todd.
(c) Mary Poppins.
(d) West Side Story.

4. Sometimes, when Daniel is falling asleep at night, what does he see in his mind?
(a) Landscapes of mountains.
(b) Lakes with numbers swimming in them.
(c) A dark tunnel and math books.
(d) Bright light and many numbers.

5. How did Daniel's parents describe his personality to others?
(a) Sensitive and shy.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Warm and talkative.
(d) Aloof but friendly.

6. What mathematical chess problem does Daniel diagram in detail in his book?
(a) Castling.
(b) Checkmate.
(c) Check.
(d) Knight's Tour.

7. What made Daniel groggy at times and sensitive to sunlight?
(a) His seizures.
(b) His medication for epilepsy.
(c) His lack of a good night's sleep.
(d) The lack of vegetables in his diet.

8. To Daniel, one of the most important things in school was:
(a) His friends.
(b) Sports Day.
(c) Predictability.
(d) The lunch program.

9. Which obsession of Daniel's caused his parents to be quite frustrated?
(a) Collecting things.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Painting.
(d) Taking buses.

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

11. What was Daniel's oldest brother named?
(a) Paul.
(b) Lee.
(c) Peter.
(d) Simon.

12. What two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?
(a) CAT and MRI.
(b) Bloodwork and skin testing.
(c) EEG and MRI.
(d) X-ray and EEG.

13. What was Daniel's favorite subject in secondary school?
(a) French.
(b) Math.
(c) Art.
(d) English.

14. When he feels very stressed, what does Daniel do?
(a) Count the powers of 2.
(b) Count to ten thousand.
(c) Yoga breathing.
(d) Breathe into a paper bag.

15. Two of the secondary school subjects that Daniel struggled with were:
(a) Woodworking and public speaking.
(b) Woodworking and physical education.
(c) Health and computer programming.
(d) Physical education and biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daniel's class watched the program Dark Towers, Daniel realized that he was:

2. An unorthodox game that Daniel played with his brothers and sisters was:

3. In Chapter 5, why are Daniel's parents always concerned about him?

4. Where did Daniel's father end up living for a year and a half when he was a child?

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

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