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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 did Daniel like so much about the books he piled up in his room?
2. What was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?
3. Why did Daniel's parents have to clear the floor in his room at night, leave a hall light, on and put a gate at the top of the stairs?
4. What is Daniel's rare condition known as?
5. What is synesthesia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Daniel's brothers and sisters play "games" with him such as ironing clothes and collecting books around the house to categorize?
2. Daniel was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. How does this diagnosis make sense, considering Daniel's symptoms?
3. 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?
4. For what reasons did Daniel prefer non-fiction to fiction?
5. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?
6. Why did Daniel experience feelings of anxiety throughout his schooldays?
7. Why do you think Kevin, Daniel's father, tells his wife who is pregnant with Daniel, "Whatever happens, we'll love him."
8. In what ways does Daniel compare himself to Raymond Babbitt of the movie, Rain Man?
9. Why was Daniel able to score so well on weekly vocabulary or spelling tests?
10. When going home from secondary school on the first day, why did Daniel take the bus going in the wrong direction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Daniel was part of a large family. Did this in any way help him? How? What might he have learned from his siblings? What could he have taught them?
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
Although he doesn't go into great detail about it, Daniel was teased and bullied throughout school. What sort of things probably happened to him? How does he cope with the bullying? Does he believe it had an effect on his personality?
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