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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Donnas' therapy sessions with Mary became _____ sessions.
(a) Trying.
(b) Crying.
(c) Cold.
(d) Coffee.

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(b) Withdrawn.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

4. What does Donna call travel?
(a) A universal language.
(b) A place to be oneself.
(c) The call of the free.
(d) Music of the mind.

5. What was Carlos's native language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) Greek.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Willie ran the "theater" as though it were a _____.

2. The subject that was closest to Donna's true nature, yet was the one she took the least seriously was _____.

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

4. Donna reports that in her childhood, she was not so much hyperactive as _____.

5. When Mary wrote out a prescription, Donna felt that she interpreted her condition as _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Donna say that severe food intolerances affected her brain?

2. How did Donna and the Welshman play on the farm equipment and what is she reminded of when he gives her a hand up on one of the pieces of equipment?

3. What were the letters like that Donna and Tim wrote to each other?

4. When Donna presented Carol and Willie to Mary, how did Donna perceive the relationship between these two personalities?

5. Why didn't David want to work?

6. Why was Donna so moved by the letter from the Welshman?

7. What did Donna realize when she met other autistic people?

8. Why did Donna begin to slap herself and pull out her hair?

9. Why does Donna believe that being sane or intelligent is not superior to being insane or retarded?

10. How did Donna feel when she gave her university professor a poem as a gift?

(see the answer keys)

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