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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. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?
(a) Thomas the Tank Engine.
(b) Pippi Longstocking.
(c) Mr. Men.
(d) The Little Engine That Could.

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

3. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?
(a) Spanish
(b) English.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Emotions.

4. When Daniel went alone to Nantes in France for ten days to stay with a French family, how did he cope?
(a) He loved it there and refused to go home.
(b) His anxieties made him return home early.
(c) He coped very well.
(d) He cried every night.

5. How did Daniel mix with other children his age?
(a) He was sociable.
(b) He was a loner.
(c) He was the life of the party.
(d) He scared them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daniel's mother was growing up, what did she consider herself to be?

2. At the age of eleven, Daniel was fascinated by the complexity of history. What did he create that involved history?

3. What type of epilepsy was Daniel diagnosed with?

4. All three of Daniel's different childhood addresses were what type of number?

5. What sort of card game does Daniel invent in his room at home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Daniel's epilepsy not debilitating to him?

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

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

5. Why was Daniel able to score so well on weekly vocabulary or spelling tests?

6. For what reasons did Daniel prefer non-fiction to fiction?

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

8. Why did Daniel never get to meet his paternal grandfather?

9. Epilepsy had an impact upon Daniel in some ways. What are they?

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

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