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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 word does a girl tell Temple to repeat?

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

3. What does Temple say she cannot get as a child?

4. What does the psychiatrist think autistics have suffered?

5. Which of the following noises does Temple say she made as a four-year-old?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does autism affect Temple's speech?

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

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

10. How does Temple react when the glass from the car window falls on her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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