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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Daniel help with advice on learning Romanian?
(a) Neil's mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His Lithuanian friend, Birute.
(d) His friend, Ian.

2. What is Daniel's favorite rock group?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Death Cab for Cutie.
(c) Red Hot Chili Peppers.
(d) The Fray.

3. Professor Ramachandran theorizes that language emerged:
(a) Using visual learning aids.
(b) From synesthetic connections in the brain.
(c) From an agreement to create neologisms.
(d) Originally from mathematics.

4. How long is Daniel's challenge in Iceland reduced in time?
(a) To six days.
(b) To one day.
(c) It is still one week.
(d) To four days.

5. How does Daniel best learn new languages?
(a) By listening to it spoken.
(b) Visually.
(c) By playing Scrabble with the foreign letters.
(d) From watching television.

6. How did Daniel have to prove that he had learned Icelandic in four days?
(a) Converse only in Icelandic for an entire day.
(b) Make a public speech on the radio.
(c) Speak Icelandic on a televised show.
(d) Teach that language to English-speaking people.

7. In what experiment did Daniel participate with Dr. Gary Morgan in 2005?
(a) Learning British sign language.
(b) Emotional language.
(c) Reacting to bird song.
(d) Synesthetic connections.

8. What does Kim Peek's father, Fran, tell Daniel to say to Kim upon meeting him?
(a) "Ask him about pi."
(b) "Give him your birth date."
(c) "Tell him you like this library."
(d) "Ask him if he is a savant, too."

9. How did Daniel's family react to Brainman when it was shown in Britain?
(a) They did not watch it.
(b) Negatively.
(c) Compassionately.
(d) Positively.

10. Who is Daniel's landlord in his Lithuanian apartment building?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Jonas.
(d) John.

11. What job does Daniel interview for and not receive?
(a) An English tutor.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A translator.
(d) A library position.

12. What is the last challenge the documentary makers have for Daniel?
(a) To recite pi publicly.
(b) To learn a new language in one week.
(c) To return to Lithuania and speak about himself.
(d) To begin a language website.

13. What is Esperanto?
(a) A Spanish dialect.
(b) A blend of many languages with logical grammar.
(c) The esoteric language used in Wales.
(d) Daniel's made-up language.

14. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?
(a) He was about to take a trip to Mexico.
(b) Neil spoke the language.
(c) A television show he watched that was in Spanish.
(d) A conversation with Neil's mother about Spain.

15. What type of language does Daniel find most confusing because of his Asperger's?
(a) Semantic language.
(b) Idiomatic language.
(c) Symbolic language.
(d) Foreign language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Daniel have mixed feelings about the documentary producers filming him in Las Vegas?

2. How did the scientists testing Daniel in California know that he realized their string of pi digits was incorrect?

3. What is the value of pi?

4. How is Daniel trained for his volunteer assignment?

5. What language is Daniel learning when the book is being written?

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