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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 is Daniel's rare condition known as?

2. During conversations, Daniel finds it difficult to:

3. What error did Daniel make out of nervousness at taking the public bus home from secondary school the first day?

4. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?

5. What made Daniel stop playing in chess tournaments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Daniel never get to meet his paternal grandfather?

2. How did Daniel's father's mental breakdown slowly show signs of happening?

3. Other boys teased and bullied Daniel. What eventually made them stop?

4. When Daniel began secondary school, why did he go to the library during recess and eat lunch alone?

5. Why did Daniel experience feelings of anxiety throughout his schooldays?

6. Daniel sees days and dates in a certain way. How does he see his birth date as a certain color?

7. When going home from secondary school on the first day, why did Daniel take the bus going in the wrong direction?

8. Epilepsy had an impact upon Daniel in some ways. What are they?

9. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?

10. Why didn't learning in class come easily to Daniel?

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

Daniel experiences numbers and language synesthetically.

1) Describe what synesthesia is.

2) Explain some ways in which Daniel experiences synesthesia.

3) How is this different from the way the average person perceives numbers and words?

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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