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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daniel's condition concerning epilepsy now?
(a) He is still on medication but is seizure-free.
(b) He is seizure-free and off medication.
(c) He still has break through seizures.
(d) He is off all medication but still has occasional seizures.

2. As the Tammet family grew in size, what did they do to accommodate three additional children?
(a) The parents moved into the living area.
(b) They renovated the house.
(c) They moved to a larger home.
(d) More siblings had to share bedrooms.

3. Why did Daniel's parents have to clear the floor in his room at night, leave a hall light, on and put a gate at the top of the stairs?
(a) Daniel liked everything clean and well-lit and closed up at night.
(b) Daniel sometimes walked in his sleep.
(c) For home security purposes.
(d) So his brother, Lee, would not get hurt.

4. A famous Russian writer who had a form of temporal lobe epilepsy was:
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Andreyev.
(d) Lermontov.

5. How many languages does Daniel know?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daniel went alone to Nantes in France for ten days to stay with a French family, how did he cope?

2. When Daniel's class watched the program Dark Towers, Daniel realized that he was:

3. How did Daniel get to play the lead role in a school play when the actor got ill?

4. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?

5. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?

2. In what way does Daniel think about numbers?

3. What role did epilepsy play in Daniel's being an autistic savant?

4. Although Daniel did not interact with other children at the nursery, he did not feel lonely. Why was this?

5. Why did Daniel experience feelings of anxiety throughout his schooldays?

6. Daniel sees days and dates in a certain way. How does he see his birth date as a certain color?

7. There were only a few places where Daniel felt safe and calm. Where were those places and why did they calm him?

8. What changes occurred in Daniel's parents' relationship when his father returned home?

9. Daniel seems to cry nonstop as a baby even into his first year of life. What is his parent's attitude toward constant crying?

10. Why doesn't Daniel remember or notice the names or faces of fellow classmates in nursery school?

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