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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 Daniel's apartment like in the new country where he volunteers?
(a) Decrepit.
(b) Newly built.
(c) Spacious.
(d) Tiny.

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

3. How was Daniel's verbal practice of pi recitation frustrating for him?
(a) The numbers are visual to him and recitation is verbal.
(b) The digits were long and his voice grew tired.
(c) He did not like speaking out loud.
(d) Any noises slowed him down.

4. Who is Daniel's landlord in his Lithuanian apartment building?
(a) John.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Jonas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Six months after meeting Neil, what does Daniel do?

2. What happens to Jay in 2004?

3. How did Daniel's family react to Brainman when it was shown in Britain?

4. Why does Daniel say people are surprised when he tells them he is a Christian?

5. How did Daniel have to prove that he had learned Icelandic in four days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Daniel's method of memorizing the digits of pi different from most other people's methods?

4. 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?

5. Why did Daniel think about creating his own private language when he was young?

6. When Daniel goes on an interview for a library position, why does he most likely not get the job?

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

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

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

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

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