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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Daniel's father end up living for a year and a half when he was a child?
(a) In Scotland.
(b) With his ill father.
(c) In a large orphanage.
(d) In a hostel for the homeless.

5. As the Tammet family grew in size, what did they do to accommodate three additional children?
(a) They moved to a larger home.
(b) More siblings had to share bedrooms.
(c) They renovated the house.
(d) The parents moved into the living area.

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

7. What method does Daniel explain to the reader on how to test for a prime number?
(a) The Colander of Pyrogenes.
(b) The Prime Method of Calculation.
(c) The Sieve of Eratosthenes.
(d) The Cyrene Method.

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

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

10. How did Daniel spend a lot of his time in the house on Blithbury Road?
(a) In his room, being silent.
(b) Playing with trains.
(c) Writing.
(d) Watching television.

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

12. At the age of two, where did Daniel begin to go on a daily basis?
(a) The children's hospital.
(b) Nursery school.
(c) Physical therapy.
(d) A childcare center.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Daniel's favorite shape?

2. What health issue did Daniel's grandfather have?

3. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?

4. What is Daniel's condition concerning epilepsy now?

5. When his behavior was good, how did Daniel's parents reward him?

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