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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 was the toughest part of the challenge to learn Icelandic for Daniel?
(a) The erratic language.
(b) The long words.
(c) The time pressure.
(d) The syntax.

2. How does Daniel feel about having met with Kim Peek?
(a) It is one of the happiest moments of his life.
(b) He wishes Kim lived in England.
(c) It is depressing that Kim cannot care for himself.
(d) He is upset that Kim cannot converse better with him.

3. How was Daniel able to win at Blackjack?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Playing instinctively.
(c) Pure luck.
(d) Counting cards.

4. What is the last challenge the documentary makers have for Daniel?
(a) To recite pi publicly.
(b) To learn a new language in one week.
(c) To begin a language website.
(d) To return to Lithuania and speak about himself.

5. What method do many pi enthusiasts use to memorize pi's infinite string of digits?
(a) Sentences using words with the number of letters in each successive pi digit.
(b) Mathematical strings which always equate to a number of pi digits.
(c) A method incorporating language and math.
(d) Memorization of the numbers by recitation only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of words does Daniel find most difficult?

2. What is Iceland's literacy rate?

3. Why does Daniel let Neil shave his face for him?

4. What is Daniel's apartment like in the new country where he volunteers?

5. What is the name of the city in Iceland that Daniel must go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daniel want to do a fundraiser for the Epilepsy Society?

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

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

4. Why is Daniel so enthralled with pi?

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 the scientists in California ask if Daniel could visit with them longer?

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

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

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

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