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 types of words does Daniel find most difficult?
(a) Adjectives.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Adverbs.
(d) Abstract words.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Daniel say people are surprised when he tells them he is a Christian?
(a) They believe being autistic makes abstract thought too difficult.
(b) He dislikes being with too many other people.
(c) He was not brought up Christian.
(d) His thought process is too logical.

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

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

11. Why does Daniel let Neil shave his face for him?
(a) He cannot hold a razor comfortably in hands.
(b) He finds the sensations too irritating to do it comfortably himself.
(c) He would otherwise grow a very long beard.
(d) He cannot be trusted with a razor.

12. What does Kim Peek's father, Fran, tell Daniel to say to Kim upon meeting him?
(a) "Give him your birth date."
(b) "Tell him you like this library."
(c) "Ask him if he is a savant, too."
(d) "Ask him about pi."

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Neil and Daniel try to encourage their cat, Jay, to learn social skills and become more approachable?

3. How does Daniel feel about having met with Kim Peek?

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

5. How many hours did it take Daniel to publicly recite pi?

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