Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Test | Final Test - Easy

Daniel Tammet
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the value of pi?
(a) 3 1/7
(b) 3.16
(c) 3.125
(d) 4(8/9)

3. In Chapter 8, Daniel mentions one social situation that caused him great anxiety. What was that?
(a) A party at Ian's house becomes too crowded.
(b) Neil drops some silverware at home during a dinner party.
(c) Someone is smoking in the restaurant he is eating in with Neil .
(d) Neil's parents come to visit.

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

5. In what city did Daniel meet with Kim Peek?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) New York.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Seattle.

6. Where is Daniel assigned to go as a volunteer?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Africa.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

7. Some scientists believe that metaphors may be the result of:
(a) Phonemic inflections of word sounds.
(b) Creative visual/spatial language.
(c) Higher level thinking in poets.
(d) Synesthestic experiences and linguistic creativity.

8. Where does the name "pi" come from?
(a) The Museum of the History of Mathematics.
(b) The Greek mathematician, Archimedes.
(c) The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
(d) The word for "irrational number" in Russian.

9. When Daniel has an interview with the Voluntary Services Overseas organization, what is his main goal in doing so?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) Becoming more independent.
(c) Spreading Christianity.
(d) To avoid going to university.

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

11. Who becomes Daniel's closest friend in Lithuania?
(a) Inga.
(b) BirutÄ—.
(c) Olga.
(d) Neil.

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

13. How many digits of pi was Daniel able to recite to beat the record?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 22,514.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 32,500.

14. Whose photo does Daniel keep on the dresser in his kitchen?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His nephew's.
(c) Neil's.
(d) His brother's.

15. What American television show did Daniel appear on after the broadcasting of the documentary he was in?
(a) The View.
(b) The Today Show.
(c) Late Show with David Letterman.
(d) The Tonight Show.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Daniel's family react to Brainman when it was shown in Britain?

2. What type of language does Daniel find most confusing because of his Asperger's?

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

4. What is Daniel's apartment like in the new country where he volunteers?

5. How did Daniel have to prove that he had learned Icelandic in four days?

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