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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. What subject does Rimland specialize in?

2. What does Temple say she likes to put through her fingers?

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

4. Who is Temple shy to meet when she arrives at camp?

5. What word does a girl tell Temple to repeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is William Carlock?

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

3. How does Temple cope at private school?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is perserveration?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 500 words, and using examples from the book, discuss the difference between Temple's life when she was not in control of her illness to when you did gain control.

Essay Topic 2

Emergence was written in 1986. Choose one of the following options and discuss how ideas have developed since then:

1) The use of medication

2) Educating autistics

3) The encouragement of fixations

Essay Topic 3

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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