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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Liane and her husband encourage their daughter to use whatever she can think of to calm herself with the exception of ______.
(a) Squeezing balloons filled with flour.
(b) Anything that is self-harming.
(c) Punching a punching bag.
(d) Play with her dog instead of friends.

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

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

5. Liane realizes that she tends to think very concretely and needs answers to be ______ or wrong.
(a) Easy.
(b) Simple.
(c) Right.
(d) Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liane realizes that her daughter's ways of ______ will be different from her own, especially since she has to grow up knowing something is wrong with her.

2. Liane often worries about ______ her children, which can happen when she leaves in the middle of things.

3. Educators should be aware of all of the following challenges for people with AS except ______.

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

5. One time Liane hurried to get her daughters from school without realizing that she had left in the middle of an appointment with the ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Liane think about her aptitude as a parent and what were some of the challenges that she dealt with?

2. What was the reaction of people to Liane's discovery that both she and her daughter likely has Asperger's syndrome?

3. What are some of the reasons why people with AS should tell those around them about their diagnosis?

4. What happened when Liane went to an interview and her potential boss told her his favorite media company?

5. What were the warning signs that Liane noticed about her daughter that pointed to a diagnosis of Asperger's?

6. What happened to Liane when she was on a business trip in San Francisco with Tom?

7. Why is it important for college bound people with AS to tell people at the school about their AS?

8. According to Liane, why is it important for people with AS to have a strong support system?

9. Why does Liane state at the beginning of the chapter that she knew right away her youngest daughter was special?

10. What were the qualities that Tom possessed that Liane feels helped keep the relationship together long enough to figure out the communication issues?

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