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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. The _____ professions appealed to the part of Donna that had come to mirror Mary.

2. How does Donna say that Karen saw David?

3. Donna considered the world to be an invasion of touch and words and the expectation of _____.

4. What two categories did Donna put people into?

5. Carol and Willie were each other's _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Donna feel about graduating from school?

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

7. Why didn't David want to work?

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

9. How was Donna's termination of the relationship with Bryn different than the other times she had done this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the relationship between Donna and her older brother and mother when she was twelve. How did they gang up on her? What did they call her? How did these things particularly terrorize Donna?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Carol's role in Donna's life. How and why did Donna take on this persona? What role did the Carol persona have in Donna's social expression of herself?

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