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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. How many digits of pi was Daniel able to recite to beat the record?

2. To what Lithuanian city was Daniel assigned to volunteer?

3. In Chapter 8, Daniel mentions one social situation that caused him great anxiety. What was that?

4. What is the name of the educational website for learning language that Neil and Daniel created?

5. What method do many pi enthusiasts use to memorize pi's infinite string of digits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of language does Daniel find more difficult than others to understand?

2. During his training for Volunteer Services, what were the main learning goals for Daniel and the class?

3. Why did Daniel think about creating his own private language when he was young?

4. What had Daniel learned during his year in Kaunas?

5. Why was Daniel unhappy and somewhat anxious when the producers first revealed to him their choice of language he would learn?

6. When Daniel returns to his family's new home after a year in Lithuania, why must he readjust to living there?

7. What is Daniel's relationship with words?

8. When Daniel goes on an interview for a library position, why does he most likely not get the job?

9. What locations in Iceland fascinated Daniel the most? Why?

10. How is Daniel's method of memorizing the digits of pi different from most other people's methods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Daniel feel in the gambling town of Las Vegas? Is this a city that someone like him would enjoy? What about it disturbs him? What personal reasons does he have against going there?

Essay Topic 2

What are your feelings about Daniel after reading about his experiences as a child and a schoolboy? Give examples to explain your feelings. Do you think this was a painful book for him to write? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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