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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. What does Temple write a poem about?
(a) Family
(b) The dark ages
(c) The middle ages
(d) The rainbow

2. Why does Rimland say he is interested in Temple?
(a) She can attract media attention
(b) She is beautiful
(c) She is a unique case
(d) She has insights about autistic children

3. Which of the following is is a typical stressor for an autistic child?
(a) Contact
(b) Spinning
(c) Television
(d) Music

4. What does Temple's mother crash into?
(a) A semi-truck
(b) An ice cream van
(c) A bronco
(d) A pick up

5. Which of the following can a lack of touch cause?
(a) Spinning
(b) Loneliness
(c) Hyperactivity
(d) Depression

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last school Temple attended?

2. What is it called when a autistic child starts a movement and cannot stop it?

3. What does Temple say her childhood memories are?

4. Who does Rimland take with him and Temple when they go for lunch?

5. Why does Temple say she is writing her story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Carlock think Temple is unique?

3. What does Temple's mother say about Temple in her letter to a psychologist?

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

5. Why does Temple think she excels at creative subjects?

6. How does Temple define autism?

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

8. In what way does Temple misbehave at private school?

9. Describe how Temple almost killed her mother and sister.

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

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