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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 happens to Jay in 2004?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She dies.
(c) She has kittens.
(d) She becomes litter trained.

2. What is Iceland's literacy rate?
(a) 50%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 85%.

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

4. Why doesn't Daniel take notes during his training?
(a) He can remember everything.
(b) He does take notes.
(c) He cannot understand much of it.
(d) He loses his pen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daniel's assignment for the volunteer organization?

2. When Daniel has an interview with the Voluntary Services Overseas organization, what is his main goal in doing so?

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

4. How does Daniel feel about having met with Kim Peek?

5. In what city did Daniel meet with Kim Peek?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Daniel so enthralled with pi?

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

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

8. Why did Daniel end up walking up the steep hill of Volunteer Ave. on his commute to the Volunteer Center?

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

10. What is Daniel's relationship with words?

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