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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 amazing about the way in which Kim Peek can read a book and memorize it?
(a) He reads from the bottom up.
(b) He reads two pages simultaneously, one with each eye.
(c) He can skim through a page in thirty seconds.
(d) He reads only the middle sections.

2. Professor Ramachandran theorizes that language emerged:
(a) From synesthetic connections in the brain.
(b) Using visual learning aids.
(c) Originally from mathematics.
(d) From an agreement to create neologisms.

3. How many hours did it take Daniel to publicly recite pi?
(a) Nine.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. Whose photo does Daniel keep on the dresser in his kitchen?
(a) His nephew's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) Neil's.
(d) His mother's.

5. Some scientists believe that metaphors may be the result of:
(a) Creative visual/spatial language.
(b) Phonemic inflections of word sounds.
(c) Higher level thinking in poets.
(d) Synesthestic experiences and linguistic creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language is Daniel learning when the book is being written?

2. How has love changed Daniel?

3. What is the documentary about Daniel titled?

4. How is Daniel trained for his volunteer assignment?

5. Who meets Daniel at the airport on his return trip to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the scientists in California ask if Daniel could visit with them longer?

2. How did Daniel prepare himself for the airplane flight to California?

3. During his training for Volunteer Services, what were the main learning goals for Daniel and the class?

4. Why did the involvement in a documentary about his story make Daniel think it was the opportunity of a lifetime?

5. What aspects of language does Daniel find more difficult than others to understand?

6. Why did Daniel's travels and meetings during the making of Brainman and his appearances on television give him such a feeling of elation?

7. Describe Daniel's state of mind as he recited pi for an audience for more than five hours.

8. Why is Daniel so enthralled with pi?

9. Why did Daniel spend his first weekend in Kaunas inside his new apartment?

10. Why was Daniel unhappy and somewhat anxious when the producers first revealed to him their choice of language he would learn?

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