View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Donna go instead of Holland?
(a) Austria.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Hungary.

3. When Donna arrived in Amsterdam, how was she dressed, in her mind?
(a) Like a baker.
(b) Like a princess.
(c) Like a farmer.
(d) Like a Quaker.

4. Which one of Donna's childhood friends did her remedial math teacher remind her of?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Carol.
(c) Terry.
(d) Stella.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did David visit using Donna's money?

2. Tim was Donna's closest friend since _____.

3. What two categories did Donna put people into?

4. What did Bryn's parents think he was afflicted with?

5. Donna considers time and space to be _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Donna's strategy for "letting go" so she could function in the world better?

6. What happened with Donna's money situation when she got to Amsterdam?

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

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

9. What does Donna write about "soft options" and does she espouse them?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 719 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample