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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Struck by Lightning: Epilepsy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel intrigued with in nursery school?
(a) Music.
(b) Textures on the ground.
(c) Other children's faces.
(d) Lights.

2. In what voice is the story told?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Omniscient
(d) Second person.

3. What method does Daniel explain to the reader on how to test for a prime number?
(a) The Colander of Pyrogenes.
(b) The Sieve of Eratosthenes.
(c) The Prime Method of Calculation.
(d) The Cyrene Method.

4. What is Asperger's Syndrome?
(a) An IQ score of over 170.
(b) A debilitating form of autism.
(c) A mild degree of schizophrenia.
(d) A mild, high-functioning form of autism.

5. What is synesthesia?
(a) An extremely rare form of schizophrenia.
(b) A disease whereby one's limbs fall asleep.
(c) A rare neurological mixing of the senses.
(d) A form of deep depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daniel "see" words and language?

2. Who in Daniel's family had also suffered from epilepsy?

3. How did Daniel's parents describe his personality to others?

4. What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)?

5. What 1988 film featured a character having a syndrome similar to Daniel's?

(see the answer key)

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