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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item did Daniel break in school that cost him a letter of apology and his parents' money?
(a) The class door window.
(b) The teacher's glass apple.
(c) Plates in the lunchroom.
(d) His desk.

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

3. 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 belittled Daniel and threatened to tell everyone about it.
(c) He said he could not be the person Daniel wanted him to be.
(d) He told Daniel he felt the same way.

4. How does the narrator know that he was born on a Wednesday?
(a) The date is blue in his mind and Wednesdays are always blue.
(b) A physician told him.
(c) His mother reminds him of this.
(d) He looked up the date on a calendar.

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

6. When Daniel joins his brother, Lee, and his friend, Eddie, on a week's holiday with Eddie's family, how does Daniel act?
(a) He would not join them in activities.
(b) He had a fight with Eddie.
(c) He enjoyed himself and did not want to leave.
(d) He was no longer withdrawn.

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

8. There were everyday activities children learn that Daniel took much longer than average to do. One of these was:
(a) Washing up.
(b) Telling left from right.
(c) Talking.
(d) Reading.

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

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

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

12. For what school project did Daniel receive a top grade?
(a) His development of math puzzles.
(b) The project on the Seoul Olympics.
(c) The project about coin collecting.
(d) His report on chestnuts.

13. What is Asperger's Syndrome?
(a) A mild degree of schizophrenia.
(b) An IQ score of over 170.
(c) A mild, high-functioning form of autism.
(d) A debilitating form of autism.

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

15. In Chapter 6, Daniel goes into detail to explain a certain mathematical topic. Which topic is that?
(a) Factoring.
(b) Probability.
(c) Multiplication.
(d) Prime numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Daniel's parents describe his personality to others?

2. When Daniel's father returned home after a long hospitalization, how did the family celebrate?

3. 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?

4. What does Daniel do to compensate for his lack of friends?

5. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?

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