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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Slow Walk Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In terms of care for those with AS, the book suggests that help be given to insure these individuals have ________ for meaningful lives.
(a) Jobs.
(b) Spouses.
(c) No chances.
(d) Opportunities.

2. Individuals living with Asperger's syndrome may have all of the following issues except_______.
(a) Migraines.
(b) Communicative challenges.
(c) Imaginative limitations.
(d) Narrow interests.

3. In order to bypass the difficulties of traffic and too much sensory input, Liane arrived at the University of Houston _____.
(a) After lunch.
(b) Right before classes.
(c) Late in the evening.
(d) Early in the morning.

4. Liane's grades began to fall while she was in college due to _______.
(a) Not getting enough sleep.
(b) Working.
(c) Missing class.
(d) Studying the wrong material.

5. After her encounter with the man wearing the flannel shirt, Liane took a different job as a(n) _______.
(a) Crossing guard.
(b) Elementary teacher.
(c) Radio host.
(d) Television host.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liane engaged in _____ and television speaking, during which she would speak into a microphone and read from the news.

2. Competitive _______ and pep squad dancer activities didn't work well because of her problems with coordination.

3. Autism is understood as a _______ disease, because it most often arises during childhood.

4. Liane never had to ______ as a child and things like group dynamics made no sense to her.

5. Liane wanted real school supplies to play with and quickly lost interest in ______ that did not smell like new ones.

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