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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. Which of the following TV series does Temple say she enjoys?

2. What does Temple's mother crash into?

3. What does Temple throw at the student who calls her a retard?

4. What is the name of Temple's teacher?

5. Who does Temple say she almost killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Temple expelled from school in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Carlock think Temple is unique?

6. What impresses Rimland about Temple?

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

8. How does Temple cope at private school?

9. Who is William Carlock?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How much do you think Temple changed positive representations of autism? What positive impact have Temple's ideas had on society? Do you think Temple's ideas have had any negative impacts?

Essay Topic 2

How was autism viewed in the Sixties? How is autism viewed today?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Temple's writing style. How would you describe her prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Temple's style give to her story?

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