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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. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?
(a) Brought him to the hospital in a taxi.
(b) Called an ambulance and waited.
(c) Held him down to secure him.
(d) Called his wife for help.

2. Where did Daniel's father end up living for a year and a half when he was a child?
(a) In a large orphanage.
(b) In a hostel for the homeless.
(c) In Scotland.
(d) With his ill father.

3. Is epilepsy a cause or a symptom of brain injury?
(a) A cause.
(b) It is difficult to determine.
(c) Neither.
(d) A symptom.

4. At the age of eleven, Daniel was fascinated by the complexity of history. What did he create that involved history?
(a) A way for people to memorize a large number of historical facts.
(b) A timeline of historical facts dating from 800 B.C.
(c) A computer program for historians.
(d) His own world of made-up historical figures and facts.

5. What was Daniel intrigued with in nursery school?
(a) Textures on the ground.
(b) Other children's faces.
(c) Lights.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Daniel goes into detail to explain a certain mathematical topic. Which topic is that?

2. When Daniel's father was just a child, what was his main chore in life?

3. What is Daniel's rare condition known as?

4. What numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?

5. Daniel makes his first friend in primary school. What is his name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Daniel wanted to make friends in school. What did he do when someone spoke to him and tried to initiate conversation?

3. Professor Allan Snyder believes that savant abilities may be in everyone. How does he feel that Daniels abilities were unlocked?

4. How did Daniel's father's mental breakdown slowly show signs of happening?

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

6. When Daniel began secondary school, why did he go to the library during recess and eat lunch alone?

7. Why did the workers at the nursery school Daniel attended not try very hard to make him play with the other children?

8. What led Daniel to make up his imaginary friend, Anne?

9. Daniel was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. How does this diagnosis make sense, considering Daniel's symptoms?

10. Why did Daniel's brothers and sisters play "games" with him such as ironing clothes and collecting books around the house to categorize?

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