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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Daniel sees a tarakona in his kitchen. What is that?
(a) A grasshopper.
(b) A mouse.
(c) An ant.
(d) A cockroach.

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

4. How many hours did it take Daniel to publicly recite pi?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

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

6. 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.

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

8. How is Daniel trained for his volunteer assignment?
(a) Fun activities, foreign language lessons, and films.
(b) Teamwork, lectures, and group discussion.
(c) Film, lectures, and fieldwork.
(d) Lectures.

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

10. Professor Ramachandran theorizes that language emerged:
(a) From synesthetic connections in the brain.
(b) Using visual learning aids.
(c) Originally from mathematics.
(d) From an agreement to create neologisms.

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

12. How does Daniel best learn new languages?
(a) From watching television.
(b) By playing Scrabble with the foreign letters.
(c) Visually.
(d) By listening to it spoken.

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

14. How did anyone know if Daniel was reciting pi correctly?
(a) There were checkers to be sure he was.
(b) There was no way to know.
(c) The numbers were flashed on a screen behind Daniel.
(d) Neil was keeping track from the audience.

15. How long is Daniel's challenge in Iceland reduced in time?
(a) To one day.
(b) To six days.
(c) It is still one week.
(d) To four days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esperanto?

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

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

4. Why doesn't Daniel take notes during his training?

5. Why did Daniel decide to publicly recite as many digits in the number pi as he could to beat a record?

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