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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. Where did Donna and David live after Karen kicked them out?
(a) In a shelter.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In a garage.
(d) In a playhouse.

2. Donna chose the professor for her thesis supervision because of _____.
(a) His credentials.
(b) The sound of his voice.
(c) The name on his door.
(d) His big smile.

3. What had Donna wanted to convey through her comedy?
(a) The hope for the future.
(b) Her despair at having autism.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) The hypocrisy of life.

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

5. When Mary wrote out a prescription, Donna felt that she interpreted her condition as _____.
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Regression.
(d) Mild depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Donna characterized Carol's relationship to David as that of a _____.

2. What color hair did Anne have?

3. A trait that Donna's supervisor used to try to combat her evasiveness was _____.

4. What did Donna initially determine caused her asthma?

5. Though charmed by Carol's naivete, Mary found her _____ in need of development.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't David want to work?

2. What was the conversation about between Donna and Shaun's father on the way to pick Shaun up from the train station?

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

4. How did Donna talk her way into getting the classes she wanted to take?

5. Why did Donna feel secure with Kat?

6. How did Donna and Bryn communicate with each other?

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

8. What was Donna's relationship like with Carlos and how did David react to this?

9. Why was the label of autism not useless to Donna?

10. What reason did Donna's father give for her family's belief that she was autistic as a child?

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