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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 do psychiatrists refer to the machine as?

2. What does Temple research in this chapter?

3. What does Temple want from her mother?

4. What does Temple begin to suffer at school?

5. What do Temple's medications help her concentrate on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

2. How does Temple justify using the machine?

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

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

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

6. How does Temple describe her nerve attacks?

7. Why is it important to encourage an autistic's interests?

8. How does Temple feel about her mother's letter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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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