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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mountain Country School located?
(a) Vermont
(b) Jacksonville
(c) Berkeley
(d) San Monica

2. What does Temple say her childhood memories are?
(a) Wax works
(b) Soppy
(c) Journal entries
(d) Images

3. What does the hat make Temple's ears feel like?
(a) They are deaf
(b) They have disappeared
(c) They are one ear
(d) They are burning

4. What do autistics overreact to?
(a) Bright lights
(b) Loud noises
(c) Death
(d) Hearing their name

5. Which of the following noises does Temple say she made as a four-year-old?
(a) Peeping
(b) La la ing
(c) Humming
(d) Ringing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Temple say she cannot get as a child?

2. What happens to neurons in the brain of an autistic?

3. Which of the following classes does Temple say she does well in?

4. What does Temple's mother crash into?

5. What kind of words does Temple repeat at camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rimland control Temple's behavior?

2. What reason does Temple give for writing this book?

3. In what way does Temple process information differently from other children?

4. How does Temple manage to endear herself to the other students?

5. What does Temple say in her talks with the psychiatrist?

6. What causes autism?

7. Why does Temple need pressure stimulation on her body?

8. How does Temple cope at private school?

9. Why is Temple surprised that she is invited back to her old school in Vermont?

10. What does Temple remember about her junior high school days?

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