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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 health issue did Daniel's grandfather have?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

2. During conversations, Daniel finds it difficult to:
(a) Speak loudly.
(b) Stay on topic.
(c) Think.
(d) Smile.

3. What is one of the reasons Daniel Tammet wrote this memoir?
(a) To make a lot of money in royalties.
(b) To warn others of his challenges.
(c) To give him perspective on his life so far.
(d) He knew he would enjoy book signings.

4. To Daniel, one of the most important things in school was:
(a) The lunch program.
(b) His friends.
(c) Predictability.
(d) Sports Day.

5. What is the name of the school play that Daniel's friend had a leading role in?
(a) West Side Story.
(b) Sweeney Todd.
(c) A Christmas Carol.
(d) Mary Poppins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what voice is the story told?

2. Why did the Tammet family need to bargain hunt in charity shops and do their own home repairs?

3. In Chapter 5, why are Daniel's parents always concerned about him?

4. What item did Daniel break in school that cost him a letter of apology and his parents' money?

5. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Daniel consider his parents to be his heroes?

3. What differentiates people with Asperger's syndrome?

4. In what way does Daniel think about numbers?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Other boys teased and bullied Daniel. What eventually made them stop?

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