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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?
(a) Rain Man.
(b) A Cry in the Dark.
(c) The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
(d) Brain Damage.

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

5. When Daniel's class watched the program Dark Towers, Daniel realized that he was:
(a) Frightened.
(b) Intrigued.
(c) Different.
(d) Happy.

6. Who taught Daniel how to play chess when Daniel was thirteen?
(a) His mother.
(b) Rehan.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother, Lee.

7. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:
(a) Simple and immature.
(b) Bordering on insanity.
(c) A form of schizophrenia.
(d) An extreme form of ordinary thought.

8. When Daniel talks to himself, it helps him in what way?
(a) Understand what he is doing.
(b) Practice having a conversation.
(c) Calm down and focus.
(d) Hear his own voice.

9. One of Daniel's teachers, Mr. Thraves, threw away a collection that Daniel had brought to school. What was it a collection of?
(a) Leaflets.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Ants.
(d) Ladybirds.

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

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

12. What alphabet first prompted Daniel's interest in different languages?
(a) The Arabic alphabet.
(b) The Phoenician alphabet.
(c) The Greek alphabet.
(d) The Hebrew alphabet.

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

14. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?
(a) Brought him to the hospital in a taxi.
(b) Held him down to secure him.
(c) Called his wife for help.
(d) Called an ambulance and waited.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what quality can Daniel recognize every prime number up to 9,973?

2. Why did the Tammet family need to bargain hunt in charity shops and do their own home repairs?

3. When he walked around, what did Daniel focus on?

4. How many languages does Daniel know?

5. What made Daniel groggy at times and sensitive to sunlight?

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