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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supplied food to Donna when she was in school?

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

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

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

5. What did Carol do when Willie asked her to go with him in Donna's dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Donna feel secure with Kat?

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

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

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

7. How did Carol and Willie react to being in college?

8. How did Donna feel about graduating from school?

9. How did Donna teach Anne to calm herself down when she was anxious?

10. How did Donna communicate with Perry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the violence that Donna's mother would put her through when she came home from high school. What did Donna do one day to try to avoid the violence? What was the result? What did a voice in her head say when this was happening?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Donna cut her wrists. What incident prompted this? Whose house did Donna go to for help? What reason did she give Mary for her behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Donna discovered the effects that certain foods had on her physical and mental health. Why did she explore this? Where did she go to learn about her eating habits? What eating plan seemed to work for her? What changes did her boss see in her as a result of changes in her diet?

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