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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is learning new languages easier if you already know more than one?
(a) All languages have the same syntax rules.
(b) Your brain is in a receptive mode.
(c) Each language is a separate color in your mind.
(d) Languages belong to "families" of related, similar languages.

8. Six months after meeting Neil, what does Daniel do?
(a) Tells his parents about him.
(b) Leaves him.
(c) Goes to work for him.
(d) Moves in with him.

9. Why are nouns Daniel's favorite parts of speech?
(a) They are the easiest words to learn.
(b) The tense does not change.
(c) They have a mathematical element.
(d) They are easiest for him to visualize.

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

11. What happens to Jay in 2004?
(a) She becomes litter trained.
(b) She dies.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She has kittens.

12. How does Daniel view a sequence of numbers in his head?
(a) He hears the numbers and sees lights that form a portrait.
(b) He sees colors, shapes, and textures that form landscapes.
(c) He imagines the numbers as food and beach pebbles.
(d) He sees numbers and their shapes, leaving out the annoying ones.

13. How did the scientists testing Daniel in California know that he realized their string of pi digits was incorrect?
(a) He had a physiological response when looking at it.
(b) They were not aware of it.
(c) He screamed that they had it wrong.
(d) He put his head down and withdrew from them.

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

15. What is Daniel's main role as a volunteer in Lithuania?
(a) Math tutor.
(b) Social worker.
(c) Teaching English.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many digits of pi was Daniel able to recite to beat the record?

2. Where is Daniel assigned to go as a volunteer?

3. What is Iceland's literacy rate?

4. In what experiment did Daniel participate with Dr. Gary Morgan in 2005?

5. Who did Daniel help with advice on learning Romanian?

(see the answer keys)

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