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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bryn and Donna eat food together?
(a) In the cafeteria.
(b) Under the bridge.
(c) On the grass.
(d) At the coffee shop.

2. Tim was Donna's closest friend since _____.
(a) Robyn.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Trish.
(d) Carol.

3. What did Donna sell at her new job that was very expensive?
(a) A bag of imported coffee.
(b) A ream of lottery tickets.
(c) A bear suit.
(d) A diamond watch.

4. What did Carol do when Willie asked her to go with him in Donna's dream?
(a) She followed.
(b) She disappeared.
(c) She ran the other direction.
(d) She turned into a wisp.

5. Donna writes that the problems of her situation were heightened by the effect of _____.
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Multiple food allergies.
(d) Her mother's violence.

6. What did Donna think autistic meant up through the time she asked her father why she was sent to the special school?
(a) Withdrawn.
(b) Schizophrenic.
(c) Controlled.
(d) Panicked.

7. Donna says that David was quite at home in his position as _____.
(a) Father.
(b) Comic.
(c) Torturer.
(d) Benefactor.

8. What did Donna initially determine caused her asthma?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Candy.
(c) Dairy foods.
(d) Vegetables.

9. How did Donna feel when she finally sat for a long time touching Bryn's hand?
(a) Elated and enraptured.
(b) Confused and challenged.
(c) Like her hand was burning off.
(d) Like she was going to die.

10. Donna states that if parents can step away from ______, autistic children might trust and reach out.
(a) Their financial obligations.
(b) Their busy schedules.
(c) Their own emotional needs.
(d) Their scholarly expectations.

11. Where did Donna and the Welshman go after they got off the train?
(a) To a monument.
(b) To a pub.
(c) To an art gallery.
(d) To a cafe.

12. In Donna's dream, Carol called the man who towered over her a _____.
(a) Dog.
(b) Friend.
(c) Client.
(d) Doctor.

13. Karen's philosophy of men was that they were all _____.
(a) Bizarre pets.
(b) To be worshipped.
(c) Stupid and useless.
(d) Woman-using pigs.

14. What did Bryn's parents think he was afflicted with?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Melancholia.
(c) Hodgkin's disease.
(d) Autism.

15. What were Bryn and Donna afraid of if they looked into each other's eyes?
(a) Locking into a staring contest.
(b) Losing themselves.
(c) Seeing the darkness.
(d) Seeing each other's brains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Donnas' therapy sessions with Mary became _____ sessions.

2. What did the teacher in Donna's biology class have a student explain after Donna's naive answer regarding how plants live?

3. What did the Welshman give to Donna that she opened in her hotel room?

4. Donna writes that autism is an extreme example of a mechanism that acts to _____.

5. The _____ professions appealed to the part of Donna that had come to mirror Mary.

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