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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is synesthesia?
(a) A rare neurological mixing of the senses.
(b) A disease whereby one's limbs fall asleep.
(c) An extremely rare form of schizophrenia.
(d) A form of deep depression.

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

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

4. One of the school tasks that Daniel found most difficult was:
(a) Doing math.
(b) Writing letters and words.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Daniel describe as his overwhelming feeling at the time?
(a) Regret.
(b) Anger.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Arrogance.

6. Daniel overcame many of his difficulties learning things as a child because of
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Corporal punishment.
(c) His epilepsy.
(d) Fear.

7. When Daniel went alone to Nantes in France for ten days to stay with a French family, how did he cope?
(a) He loved it there and refused to go home.
(b) He cried every night.
(c) His anxieties made him return home early.
(d) He coped very well.

8. Daniel developed a love for a certain type of story as a child. These were:
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Fairy tales.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Horror stories.

9. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?
(a) His father's father.
(b) His mother's father.
(c) His maternal aunt.
(d) His father's brother.

10. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?
(a) To give him perspective on his life so far.
(b) To make a lot of money in royalties.
(c) To warn others of his challenges.
(d) He knew he would enjoy book signings.

11. Who are Daniel's heroes?
(a) He has no heroes.
(b) His parents.
(c) The characters in his books.
(d) All of his teachers.

12. A game Daniel played with his siblings involved collecting books. What did they do with books?
(a) They donated them to libraries.
(b) They read them to one another.
(c) They organized them as a library would.
(d) They built towers with them.

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

14. In secondary school, how did Daniel spend his playground or recess time?
(a) Out on the playground.
(b) In the teacher's lounge.
(c) In the library, reading.
(d) Receiving extra tutoring in handwriting.

15. In Chapter 6, Daniel discusses an awkward love note he handed to someone when he was sixteen. How did this person respond?
(a) He laughed in Daniel's face.
(b) He told Daniel he felt the same way.
(c) He belittled Daniel and threatened to tell everyone about it.
(d) He said he could not be the person Daniel wanted him to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he feels very stressed, what does Daniel do?

2. How is it possible to acquire savant skills?

3. During conversations, Daniel finds it difficult to:

4. When Daniel's father took a different route to nursery school one morning, how did Daniel react?

5. What was the name of the boy Daniel made friends with in secondary school?

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