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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. Donna writes that autism is an extreme example of a mechanism that acts to _____.

2. What did Donna feel compelled to give Anne?

3. What did the teacher in Donna's biology class have a student explain after Donna's naive answer regarding how plants live?

4. What possessions did Donna leave behind when she left David?

5. Donna calls herself _____ in the Afterward..

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Donna learn of her father's capacity to be cruel to her?

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

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

6. How did Donna communicate with Perry?

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

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

9. Why didn't David want to work?

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

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

Describe how Donna reacts to primary school. What are her social interactions? What subjects does she excel in and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Donna's relationship with Terry. What did she do with Terry? How did Terry's mother feel about Donna? Why did Terry like Donna?

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