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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill did Professor Ramachandran first ask Daniel to demonstrate for him and his team?
(a) Calendar calculations.
(b) Conversational skills.
(c) Recitation of pi.
(d) Calculations in his head.

2. What was the toughest part of the challenge to learn Icelandic for Daniel?
(a) The time pressure.
(b) The long words.
(c) The syntax.
(d) The erratic language.

3. How has love changed Daniel?
(a) It has made him aware of jealousy and other bad feelings.
(b) It has made him more open to others and the world around him.
(c) He has learned that he can never live alone again.
(d) He is more dependent upon others.

4. How does Daniel feel about having met with Kim Peek?
(a) It is one of the happiest moments of his life.
(b) He is upset that Kim cannot converse better with him.
(c) It is depressing that Kim cannot care for himself.
(d) He wishes Kim lived in England.

5. What method do many pi enthusiasts use to memorize pi's infinite string of digits?
(a) Memorization of the numbers by recitation only.
(b) Mathematical strings which always equate to a number of pi digits.
(c) A method incorporating language and math.
(d) Sentences using words with the number of letters in each successive pi digit.

6. To what Lithuanian city was Daniel assigned to volunteer?
(a) Kaunas.
(b) Visaginas.
(c) Palanga.
(d) Kretinga.

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

8. What sort of questions does Daniel discover Kim Peek likes to be asked most of all?
(a) Film history.
(b) Mathematical.
(c) Scientific data.
(d) Historical dates and figures.

9. What dream did Daniel have the night before his public recitation of pi?
(a) He lost his concentration during the recitation.
(b) He was walking among his pi number landscapes.
(c) There were too many people watching him at the recitation.
(d) He was lost walking in Oxford.

10. How was Daniel able to win at Blackjack?
(a) Pure luck.
(b) Counting cards.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Playing instinctively.

11. What is Daniel's apartment like in the new country where he volunteers?
(a) Spacious.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Newly built.
(d) Decrepit.

12. Who is Kim Peek?
(a) The main scientist working on savant syndrome.
(b) The real-life inspiration behind the Rain Man character.
(c) The helpful flight attendant Daniel met on the plane.
(d) The producer of the documentary being made about Daniel.

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

14. Why doesn't Daniel take notes during his training?
(a) He cannot understand much of it.
(b) He loses his pen.
(c) He can remember everything.
(d) He does take notes.

15. What conversational tactic has Daniel used over the years that does not work well within his relationship with Neil?
(a) Pretending to understand something when he does not.
(b) Responding to every question with an overly long answer.
(c) Smiling even during an argument.
(d) Constantly asking questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is learning new languages easier if you already know more than one?

2. In Chapter 8, Daniel mentions one social situation that caused him great anxiety. What was that?

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

4. What American television show did Daniel appear on after the broadcasting of the documentary he was in?

5. What was Daniel's mood like on the flight to California?

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