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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Donna do initially to communicate with Kath's son?
(a) She talked to him.
(b) She gave him a hug.
(c) She did sign language.
(d) She sorted objects.

2. Though charmed by Carol's naivete, Mary found her _____ in need of development.
(a) Gestures.
(b) Goals.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Speech patterns.

3. Donna characterized Carol's relationship to David as that of a _____.
(a) Domestic prostitute.
(b) Live-in nurse.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

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

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

6. What season was it when Donna and David arrived on the other side of Australia?
(a) The cold season.
(b) The wet season.
(c) The hot season.
(d) The dry season.

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

8. What possessions did Donna leave behind when she left David?
(a) Her books and letters.
(b) Her piano and trailer.
(c) Her clothes and jewlery.
(d) Her car and bicycle.

9. What did Kath do for a living?
(a) She taught.
(b) She cooked.
(c) She cleaned.
(d) She sang.

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

11. _____ appealed to the indecisive part of Donna that could not tie itself down to any particular choice of subject.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Banking.
(c) Psychology.
(d) The arts.

12. What scared Donna about taking Kath up on her offer?
(a) Waking up in the wrong bed.
(b) That her son would be there.
(c) Breaking her weekly routine.
(d) The danger of it.

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

14. At times, Donna had been considered moronic, stupid, and more politely, _____.
(a) Special.
(b) Naive.
(c) Challenged.
(d) Deaf.

15. What color hair did Anne have?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Donna's philosophy teacher called her _____ because she constantly slept in class.

2. Donna calls herself _____ in the Afterward..

3. Donna compares the perception of an autistic person and the behavior it leads to possibly triggering protective chemical or hormonal responses in the brain to _____.

4. Donna believes that autism is a result of the improper functioning of the mechanism that controls _____.

5. Which one of Donna's childhood friends did her remedial math teacher remind her of?

(see the answer keys)

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