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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 type of epilepsy was Daniel diagnosed with?
(a) Frontal lobe.
(b) Reflex.
(c) Temporal lobe.
(d) Simple partial.

2. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:
(a) Bordering on insanity.
(b) A form of schizophrenia.
(c) Simple and immature.
(d) An extreme form of ordinary thought.

3. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Manet.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Monet.

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

5. What numerical calculation is Daniel's favorite type to do?
(a) Power multiplication.
(b) Geometric equations.
(c) Finding least common denominators.
(d) Algebraic equations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it possible to acquire savant skills?

2. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:

3. How was Daniel's development as a child with walking and speaking?

4. What is Asperger's Syndrome?

5. What method does Daniel explain to the reader on how to test for a prime number?

(see the answer key)

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