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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 does Temple say her teacher's face is like?

2. Which of the following can a lack of touch cause?

3. What is Temple Grandin invited to?

4. What does Temple call a suitcase?

5. What is wrong about the poem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What impresses Rimland about Temple?

4. What does Temple's mother's letter say about her mother's character and feelings towards her daughter?

5. Why does Carlock think Temple is unique?

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

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

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

9. In what way was Temple a difficult child?

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

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

Choose two sub-levels of autism and discuss the following:

1) The symptons and the problems it causes for the sufferer

2) How a sufferer is treated

Essay Topic 3

Choose a famous autistic.

1) What has he/she contributed to society?

2) How has his/her autism helped him/her to become successful?

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