View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Feynman point in pi?
(a) It is the last string of digits in pi.
(b) It is pi to 707 decimal points.
(c) The decimal places of 999999.
(d) Where the digit 9 repeats itself eleven times, with other numbers in between.

2. Where does the name "pi" come from?
(a) The Museum of the History of Mathematics.
(b) The word for "irrational number" in Russian.
(c) The Greek mathematician, Archimedes.
(d) The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

3. Why does Daniel's brother, Steven, require a lot of help from his family?
(a) He is severely autistic.
(b) He has a rare disease.
(c) He has leukemia.
(d) He has Asperger's Syndrome.

4. What is the value of pi?
(a) 3.16
(b) 3 1/7
(c) 4(8/9)
(d) 3.125

5. How did Daniel's family react to Brainman when it was shown in Britain?
(a) Compassionately.
(b) Positively.
(c) They did not watch it.
(d) Negatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?

2. What happens to Jay in 2004?

3. What sort of questions does Daniel discover Kim Peek likes to be asked most of all?

4. Where is Daniel assigned to go as a volunteer?

5. When Daniel is interrupted during the interview with a question, what is his first reaction?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What locations in Iceland fascinated Daniel the most? Why?

4. Why is Icelandic considered to be such a difficult language to learn?

5. Why do you think the woman who interviewed Daniel at the Volunteer Services Overseas office might have thought he was a perfect candidate to teach English overseas?

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

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

8. When Daniel returns to his family's new home after a year in Lithuania, why must he readjust to living there?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 893 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample