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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Temple's mother visiting in Arizona?
(a) Her lover
(b) Her brother
(c) Her mother
(d) Her aunt

2. What does Temple do after three weeks of seeing the door?
(a) Cleans it
(b) Smashes it
(c) Spits on it
(d) Walks through it

3. What does Temple's mother say machines cannot do?
(a) Save people
(b) Feel
(c) Talk
(d) Think

4. Which of the following does Temple say she needs?
(a) Routine
(b) Love
(c) Animals
(d) A good diet

5. What does the minister say is behind the door?
(a) The afterworld
(b) Peace and happiness
(c) The Garden of Eden
(d) The fires of Hell

6. What does the P in PACES stand for?
(a) Peter
(b) Pressure
(c) Partial
(d) Pommel

7. Who writes a letter to Temple in this chapter?
(a) Her psychiatrist
(b) Temple's mother
(c) Mr. Brooks
(d) Temple's father

8. Which test does Temple say she scores low marks on?
(a) The Woodcock Johnson test
(b) The Oral Directions Subyest
(c) The Hiskey Nebraska Spatial Reasoning Test
(d) The Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude

9. What does Temple design in this chapter?
(a) Her third squeeze machine
(b) Systems to help take care of animals
(c) A house for autistics
(d) A university course for autistics

10. When does Temple say her nerve attacks stop?
(a) In the morning
(b) At lunch
(c) During lessons
(d) At night

11. Which of the following can trigger a attack of the nerves?
(a) Physical contact
(b) Checking mail
(c) Noise
(d) Teasing

12. Who sends Temple a letter in this chapter?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her psychiatrist
(c) Her father
(d) Mr. Brooks

13. What is the name of Temple's occupational therapist friend?
(a) Freda Franklin
(b) Lorna King
(c) Denny Gordon
(d) Petra Docker

14. What kind of animal does Temple say likes her better after using the machine?
(a) A cat
(b) A cow
(c) A dog
(d) A rabbit

15. What does Temple think her mother's letter is trying to do?
(a) Make her feel paranoid
(b) Discouraging her from making her machine
(c) Forcing her to go home
(d) Upset her

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the brain do visual learners use?

2. What does Temple write her master's thesis on?

3. What does Temple say autistic children have too much of?

4. What kind of school does Temple attend in this chapter?

5. What kind of learners are people incarcerated in the penal system?

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