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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. When Daniel had his second seizure, what did his father do?

2. The Tammet family moved several times. One of the homes was located:

3. What was the first foreign language that Daniel learned from a neighbor?

4. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:

5. In Chapter 6, Daniel discusses an awkward love note he handed to someone when he was sixteen. How did this person respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Daniel was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. How does this diagnosis make sense, considering Daniel's symptoms?

2. In what ways does Daniel compare himself to Raymond Babbitt of the movie, Rain Man?

3. Daniel seems to cry nonstop as a baby even into his first year of life. What is his parent's attitude toward constant crying?

4. In what way does Daniel think about numbers?

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

6. What differentiates people with Asperger's syndrome?

7. What makes Daniel consider his parents to be his heroes?

8. What changes occurred in Daniel's parents' relationship when his father returned home?

9. Although Daniel did not interact with other children at the nursery, he did not feel lonely. Why was this?

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Daniel's many obsessions. Are these obsessions the results of Asperger's or being a savant? What made others so exasperated with him? How did his parents treat these obsessions? Were they correct to do so?

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