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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?
(a) Greek.
(b) Finnish.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

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 did Daniel love the most about school assemblies?
(a) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(b) The singing of hymns.
(c) Being with everyone else in the school.
(d) Standing quietly.

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

5. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:
(a) Computers.
(b) Counting.
(c) Proofreading.
(d) Writing.

6. What was Daniel's favorite shape?
(a) A circle.
(b) A triangle.
(c) A square.
(d) A hexagon.

7. What was Daniel's favorite book on the nursery book shelf?
(a) The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
(b) Little Red Riding Hood.
(c) Goodnight Moon.
(d) Guess How Much I Love You.

8. Why did Daniel's parents have to clear the floor in his room at night, leave a hall light, on and put a gate at the top of the stairs?
(a) For home security purposes.
(b) Daniel sometimes walked in his sleep.
(c) So his brother, Lee, would not get hurt.
(d) Daniel liked everything clean and well-lit and closed up at night.

9. What numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?
(a) Geometric equations.
(b) Finding least common denominators.
(c) Power multiplication.
(d) Algebraic equations.

10. What was one of the first words that Daniel learned to write?
(a) Apple.
(b) Mother.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Look.

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

12. 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.

13. When he walked around, what did Daniel focus on?
(a) His feet.
(b) His arms as they moved.
(c) Up above his head.
(d) Where he was going.

14. By what quality can Daniel recognize every prime number up to 9,973?
(a) Their "pebble-like" quality.
(b) Their interesting color.
(c) Their rounded shapes.
(d) Their "dagger-like" quality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what voice is the story told?

2. As the Tammet family grew in size, what did they do to accommodate three additional children?

3. At the age of two, where did Daniel begin to go on a daily basis?

4. What is Asperger's Syndrome?

5. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?

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