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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liane believes that people who don't need to know about your AS status include all of the following except _____.
(a) Strangers you will likely only meet once.
(b) Counselors or social workers.
(c) Distant relatives with whom you are rarely in contact.
(d) Children's teachers.

2. Liane struggles with teaching her daughter how to get along ______, because she also wants her to be autonomous.
(a) Historically.
(b) Academically.
(c) Functionally.
(d) Socially.

3. Liane discovers that she and her daughter both have big ______ and benefit from lots of encouragement.
(a) Hands.
(b) Hearts.
(c) Tempers.
(d) Feet.

4. Liane states that she does not want a cure for AS, rather for people to expand their definition of ______.
(a) Autism.
(b) People.
(c) Disability.
(d) Normal.

5. The youngest daughter started showing signs of ______ difficulties although at first nobody believed Liane.
(a) Hearing.
(b) Walking.
(c) Talking.
(d) Olfactory.

6. Liane suggests that 'Aspies' pay attention to the _______ elements and interpersonal expectations of a job.
(a) Sensory.
(b) Location.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Physical exertion.

7. Liane lists several strategies for people with AS to pick a career including all of the following except _____.
(a) Throwing all your ideas into a hat and picking one.
(b) Brainstorming all the ways you could make a career out of the things you enjoy.
(c) Making a list of the things you enjoy studying and doing.
(d) Researching the schedule and expectations of the job you are considering.

8. Liane describes _______ as a situation in which she is unable to let go of a particular train of thought.
(a) Fascination.
(b) Perseveration.
(c) Amelioration.
(d) Concentration.

9. Liane states that the process of parenting could thoroughly overwhelm her _____ system, making it difficult for her to calm herself.
(a) Muscular.
(b) Digestive.
(c) Respiratory.
(d) Sensory.

10. Liane developed several strategies for calming her babies that would not be too motion based including all of the following except _______.
(a) Rocking them in a cradle.
(b) Sitting in the rocking chair.
(c) Swaying very slightly from side to side.
(d) Walking the floors and bouncing.

11. Liane lists several strategies for people with AS to keep stress levels low including all of the following except _____.
(a) Making a list of assignments and scheduling them.
(b) Using auditory reminders on a tape recorder.
(c) Using visual reminders like post-it notes.
(d) Using tactile reminders like blankets.

12. Liane believes that her daughter's capacity for _______ means that she has not given up on herself.
(a) Anger.
(b) Shame.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Laughter.

13. Liane lists several strategies for people with AS to practice interviewing skills including all of the following except _____.
(a) Being expressive with your body.
(b) Role playing.
(c) Using good eye contact
(d) Showing enthusiasm.

14. Liane often worries about ______ her children, which can happen when she leaves in the middle of things.
(a) Embarrassing.
(b) Worrying.
(c) Scolding.
(d) Forgetting.

15. Liane's husband's name is _______. Like Liane, he also enjoys the feel and experience of university campuses.
(a) Richard.
(b) Mark.
(c) Tom.
(d) Mick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other strategies that Liane has for dealing with difficult conversations include all of the following except ______.

2. Sometimes Liane's daughter uses a _______ to release nervous energy that has built up.

3. Liane stated that during her daughter's testing at the Child Development Unit, she and her husband both ______, her from acceptance and possibility.

4. Liane describes one of her tenacious traits as _______ , at which point she begins to "lose her footing."

5. Liane lists several strategies for people with AS to deal with shopping for the house including all of the following except _____.

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