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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. Who is Temple's mother driving her to see?

2. What does Carlock say Temple is not concerned with?

3. What does Temple's mother say Temple is not?

4. What does Temple try to do with the hat?

5. Why is Temple surprised that she is invited to the reunion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Carlock say Temple's success proves?

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

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

5. What is perserveration?

6. Why does Carlock think Temple is unique?

7. Who is William Carlock?

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

9. How does Temple get into trouble at Summer camp?

10. What does Bernard Rimland note about Temple's autism in the foreword?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine autism as described in the book.

1) How does an autistic think compared to a more normal person?

2) How can an autistic learn differently?

3) Define a stable state of mind.

Essay Topic 2

What major events had a profound effect on Temple's life and how did they change her? What does Temple still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How important is it to the study of autism that the illness is addressed by a sufferer? Can someone who does not suffer from the illness ever truly understand its complexity?

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