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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. Daniel cried to get inside a bookstore because of a certain book. What was it?

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

3. One of Daniel's teachers, Mr. Thraves, threw away a collection that Daniel had brought to school. What was it a collection of?

4. What made Daniel groggy at times and sensitive to sunlight?

5. In what voice is the story told?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the workers at the nursery school Daniel attended not try very hard to make him play with the other children?

3. What led Daniel to make up his imaginary friend, Anne?

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

5. How did Daniel's mother cope when his father entered a psychiatric hospital?

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

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

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

9. Why doesn't Daniel remember or notice the names or faces of fellow classmates in nursery school?

10. Why was Daniel able to score so well on weekly vocabulary or spelling tests?

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 meeting Kim Peek can perhaps be compared to Bob Dylan meeting the Beatles for the first time. Kim does not converse much, but based on what he does say and his actions, what does he think about his meeting with Daniel? Are they equally impressed with one another?

Essay Topic 3

Daniel is diagnosed with epilepsy as a young child. How has this affected him throughout his life? Did it have any effect on his family? Do you believe his grandfather's diagnosis was a contributing factor to his diagnosis? Do you think the epilepsy helped cause his savant abilities or vice versa?

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