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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 numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?
(a) Power multiplication.
(b) Geometric equations.
(c) Finding least common denominators.
(d) Algebraic equations.

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

3. There were everyday activities children learn that Daniel took much longer than average to do. One of these was:
(a) Reading.
(b) Telling left from right.
(c) Washing up.
(d) Talking.

4. Daniel overcame many of his difficulties learning things as a child because of
(a) Fear.
(b) Corporal punishment.
(c) His epilepsy.
(d) Perseverance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:

2. Is epilepsy a cause or a symptom of brain injury?

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

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

5. What is Asperger's Syndrome?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Daniel's mother cope when his father entered a psychiatric hospital?

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

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

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

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

6. In what ways does Daniel compare himself to Raymond Babbitt of the movie, Rain Man?

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

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

9. When going home from secondary school on the first day, why did Daniel take the bus going in the wrong direction?

10. In what way does Daniel think about numbers?

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