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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 build after graduation?

2. What best describes the door that Temple finds in this chapter?

3. Which of the following does Temple say can help an autistic child learn better?

4. How should an autistic child be educated?

5. When does Temple say her nerve attacks stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lorna King say in her letter to Temple?

2. What does Temple discover about touching in Chapter 12?

3. How does Temple get on working with the cowboys and the cattle in Chapter 12?

4. How does Temple use visual images to help her in daily life?

5. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

6. What does Temple find out about brain surgery research in Chapter 13?

7. What does Temple's mother say in her letter to her daughter?

8. How does Temple get over her nerves when she goes home for Christmas?

9. Describe Temple's relationship with Alfred.

10. How does Temple describe her nerve attacks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how each of the following aided Temple in her recovery against manic depression"

1) Medication

2) Family

3) Psychiatry

4) Work

Essay Topic 2

Temple often examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Temple take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 3

How is Temple's book important in changing people's perceptions of mental illness? How much does it help that she is a well established doctor? What dangers are there in people connecting such illnesses with high achievers?

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