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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?
2. In Chapter 6, Daniel discusses an awkward love note he handed to someone when he was sixteen. How did this person respond?
3. About how many children in Britain with an autistic spectrum disorder develop a certain type of epilepsy by adolescence?
4. When his behavior was good, how did Daniel's parents reward him?
5. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Daniel think about numbers?
2. From when he was two-years-old, Daniel began to bang his head repeatedly against walls. Why might he have done this and what did his parents do to stop him?
3. Why did Daniel experience feelings of anxiety throughout his schooldays?
4. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?
5. Other boys teased and bullied Daniel. What eventually made them stop?
6. Although Daniel did not interact with other children at the nursery, he did not feel lonely. Why was this?
7. Why did some of the children in primary school call Daniel a crybaby?
8. Why was Daniel's epilepsy not debilitating to him?
9. What is synesthesia and how does it affect Daniel?
10. Daniel wanted to make friends in school. What did he do when someone spoke to him and tried to initiate conversation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider Daniel's imaginary friend, Anne.
1) Why did he need to make her and others up in his mind?
2) How real does it seem that they appear to be to him?
3) Why does he have Anne leave him and say she is dying?
Essay Topic 2
Daniel Tammet has exposed his innermost thoughts and experiences to the world. What do you believe Daniel's main reasons are for writing his book? Who does he hope will read it? Why does he let scientists study him?
Essay Topic 3
Daniel states in his book that his parents are his heroes. Discuss why he would make that statement. What did his parents do for him?
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