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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 item did Daniel break in school that cost him a letter of apology and his parents' money?
2. What sensory feeling disturbed Daniel?
3. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?
4. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:
5. By what quality can Daniel recognize every prime number up to 9,973?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?
2. When Daniel began secondary school, why did he go to the library during recess and eat lunch alone?
3. Why did Daniel experience feelings of anxiety throughout his schooldays?
4. What is synesthesia and how does it affect Daniel?
5. Daniel had issues with brushing his teeth. What was his problem and how did he solve it?
6. How did Daniel's mother cope when his father entered a psychiatric hospital?
7. Why doesn't Daniel remember or notice the names or faces of fellow classmates in nursery school?
8. In what ways does Daniel compare himself to Raymond Babbitt of the movie, Rain Man?
9. Why didn't learning in class come easily to Daniel?
10. Daniel seems to cry nonstop as a baby even into his first year of life. What is his parent's attitude toward constant crying?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Daniel find languages so fascinating? What aspects of languages are difficult for him? How does his facility with language help him in other areas of life?
Essay Topic 2
How does Daniel's volunteer experience in Lithuania ultimately affect his life? How does he have an effect on other's lives there?
Essay Topic 3
Even after having found Neil, Daniel continues to have problems interacting with people on a social level. What problem still exists for him and why? Is this something that will improve with time? If so, how? If not, why not?
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