Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Daniel Tammet
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the boy Daniel made friends with in secondary school?
(a) Babak.
(b) Rehan.
(c) Zyginta.
(d) Neil.

2. How did Daniel get to play the lead role in a school play when the actor got ill?
(a) He was the understudy for the role.
(b) He had memorized every line of dialogue from watching rehearsals.
(c) He studied the role and was able to memorize it overnight.
(d) He was offered it but refused out of fear.

3. How does Daniel "see" words and language?
(a) As colors and textures.
(b) As multiplication tables.
(c) As numbers.
(d) As other languages.

4. What does Daniel do to compensate for his lack of friends?
(a) He plays with his siblings.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He creates imaginary ones.
(d) He writes in journals.

5. An unorthodox game that Daniel played with his brothers and sisters was:
(a) Ironing clothes.
(b) Dusting bedrooms.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Cleaning bathrooms.

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

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

8. When Daniel's mother was growing up, what did she consider herself to be?
(a) An outsider.
(b) A member of a loving family.
(c) Too old to play with her siblings.
(d) A mother to everyone.

9. How many languages does Daniel know?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

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

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

12. What sensory feeling disturbed Daniel?
(a) Brushing his teeth.
(b) Washing his hands.
(c) Putting his head on a pillow.
(d) Having his nails cut.

13. The Tammet family moved several times. One of the homes was located:
(a) Just across the road from the ice cream store.
(b) Down the street from where his father worked.
(c) Just across the street from his school.
(d) Next door to the school bully.

14. What health issue did Daniel's grandfather have?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

15. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?
(a) No one was sure.
(b) Gifted.
(c) Age-appropriate.
(d) Severely delayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diet did Daniel prefer as a child?

2. What two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?

3. What is Daniel's rare condition known as?

4. What is synesthesia?

5. Into what genre would this book fall?

(see the answer keys)

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