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 Iceland's literacy rate?
(a) 85%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%.

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the city in Iceland that Daniel must go to?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Grindavik.
(c) Akranes.
(d) Dalvik.

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

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

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

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

10. How was Daniel's verbal practice of pi recitation frustrating for him?
(a) He did not like speaking out loud.
(b) The numbers are visual to him and recitation is verbal.
(c) The digits were long and his voice grew tired.
(d) Any noises slowed him down.

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

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

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

14. How does Daniel meet his partner, Neil?
(a) At a party.
(b) Online.
(c) Through a newspaper ad.
(d) In school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daniel has an interview with the Voluntary Services Overseas organization, what is his main goal in doing so?

2. Who is Daniel's landlord in his Lithuanian apartment building?

3. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?

4. What is the documentary about Daniel titled?

5. Daniel sees a tarakona in his kitchen. What is that?

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