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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 kind of animal does Temple say likes her better after using the machine?

2. What does Temple's mother say machines cannot do?

3. What does emphasizing positives do for an autistic child?

4. What door does Temple walk in and out of ten times?

5. What does Temple call the machine that calms animals down?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are things getting better for Temple?

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

4. How does Temple try and help the animals she works with in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

8. How does Temple's machine help her?

9. How can fixations be used to help an autistic child?

10. Describe the boarding school Temple is enrolled at in Chapter 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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