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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Daniel assigned to go as a volunteer?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Africa.
2. What American television show did Daniel appear on after the broadcasting of the documentary he was in?
(a) The Today Show.
(b) The Tonight Show.
(c) The View.
(d) Late Show with David Letterman.
3. What is Esperanto?
(a) A blend of many languages with logical grammar.
(b) The esoteric language used in Wales.
(c) Daniel's made-up language.
(d) A Spanish dialect.
4. How does Daniel best learn new languages?
(a) From watching television.
(b) By listening to it spoken.
(c) Visually.
(d) By playing Scrabble with the foreign letters.
5. What does Kim Peek's father, Fran, tell Daniel to say to Kim upon meeting him?
(a) "Ask him if he is a savant, too."
(b) "Give him your birth date."
(c) "Ask him about pi."
(d) "Tell him you like this library."
6. 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.
7. How was Daniel able to win at Blackjack?
(a) Counting cards.
(b) Playing instinctively.
(c) Pure luck.
(d) Cheating.
8. What language is Daniel learning when the book is being written?
(a) Russian.
(b) Korean.
(c) Icelandic.
(d) Welsh.
9. How many hours did it take Daniel to publicly recite pi?
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) One.
(d) Five.
10. What is the last challenge the documentary makers have for Daniel?
(a) To learn a new language in one week.
(b) To recite pi publicly.
(c) To return to Lithuania and speak about himself.
(d) To begin a language website.
11. What is Daniel's assignment for the volunteer organization?
(a) English teacher.
(b) Math teacher.
(c) Farming instruction.
(d) Social worker.
12. Why are nouns Daniel's favorite parts of speech?
(a) They are the easiest words to learn.
(b) They are easiest for him to visualize.
(c) They have a mathematical element.
(d) The tense does not change.
13. Why does Daniel let Neil shave his face for him?
(a) He would otherwise grow a very long beard.
(b) He finds the sensations too irritating to do it comfortably himself.
(c) He cannot hold a razor comfortably in hands.
(d) He cannot be trusted with a razor.
14. What conversational tactic has Daniel used over the years that does not work well within his relationship with Neil?
(a) Responding to every question with an overly long answer.
(b) Pretending to understand something when he does not.
(c) Smiling even during an argument.
(d) Constantly asking questions.
15. What sort of questions does Daniel discover Kim Peek likes to be asked most of all?
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Historical dates and figures.
(c) Film history.
(d) Scientific data.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long is Daniel's challenge in Iceland reduced in time?
2. What happens to Jay in 2004?
3. Daniel sees a tarakona in his kitchen. What is that?
4. Who is Kim Peek?
5. Where does the name "pi" come from?
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