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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 fixate on during the interview?

2. Where does Temple's door lead to?

3. What does Temple design in this chapter?

4. What kind of people does Temple work with?

5. When does Temple say her nerve attacks stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Temple feel when she finally walks through the sliding door?

4. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

5. Why does Temple become fixated on a small wooden door in Chapter 9?

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

7. How does Temple justify using the machine?

8. How does Mr Brookes help Temple in Chapter 9?

9. Why does Temple think she suffers from nerve attacks?

10. Where does Temple find temporary relief from her nerve attacks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the people Temple mentions in the book and discuss how he/she helped Temple to recover. Could Temple have survived without his/her support?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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