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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Daniel to be interested in learning Spanish?
(a) Neil spoke the language.
(b) A conversation with Neil's mother about Spain.
(c) He was about to take a trip to Mexico.
(d) A television show he watched that was in Spanish.

2. What does Kim Peek's father, Fran, tell Daniel to say to Kim upon meeting him?
(a) "Give him your birth date."
(b) "Ask him if he is a savant, too."
(c) "Tell him you like this library."
(d) "Ask him about pi."

3. How has love changed Daniel?
(a) He has learned that he can never live alone again.
(b) It has made him more open to others and the world around him.
(c) He is more dependent upon others.
(d) It has made him aware of jealousy and other bad feelings.

4. Why does Daniel let Neil shave his face for him?
(a) He would otherwise grow a very long beard.
(b) He finds the sensations too irritating to do it comfortably himself.
(c) He cannot be trusted with a razor.
(d) He cannot hold a razor comfortably in hands.

5. Who meets Daniel at the airport on his return trip to London?
(a) Lee.
(b) Neil.
(c) Babak.
(d) Rehan.

6. What is Iceland's literacy rate?
(a) 50%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 98%.
(d) 85%.

7. Why did Daniel decide to publicly recite as many digits in the number pi as he could to beat a record?
(a) To impress Neil.
(b) To raise money for the National Society for Epilepsy.
(c) For a documentary he was making.
(d) To raise money for autism research.

8. What skill did Professor Ramachandran first ask Daniel to demonstrate for him and his team?
(a) Calculations in his head.
(b) Calendar calculations.
(c) Recitation of pi.
(d) Conversational skills.

9. How does Daniel view a sequence of numbers in his head?
(a) He sees colors, shapes, and textures that form landscapes.
(b) He sees numbers and their shapes, leaving out the annoying ones.
(c) He hears the numbers and sees lights that form a portrait.
(d) He imagines the numbers as food and beach pebbles.

10. How did anyone know if Daniel was reciting pi correctly?
(a) There was no way to know.
(b) There were checkers to be sure he was.
(c) The numbers were flashed on a screen behind Daniel.
(d) Neil was keeping track from the audience.

11. What is the last challenge the documentary makers have for Daniel?
(a) To learn a new language in one week.
(b) To return to Lithuania and speak about himself.
(c) To recite pi publicly.
(d) To begin a language website.

12. How is Daniel trained for his volunteer assignment?
(a) Teamwork, lectures, and group discussion.
(b) Film, lectures, and fieldwork.
(c) Lectures.
(d) Fun activities, foreign language lessons, and films.

13. Who is Daniel's landlord in his Lithuanian apartment building?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Jonas.
(c) John.
(d) Jackson.

14. Why does Daniel's brother, Steven, require a lot of help from his family?
(a) He has a rare disease.
(b) He has Asperger's Syndrome.
(c) He has leukemia.
(d) He is severely autistic.

15. In what city did Daniel meet with Kim Peek?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Salt Lake City.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Feynman point in pi?

2. When Daniel has an interview with the Voluntary Services Overseas organization, what is his main goal in doing so?

3. In Chapter 8, Daniel mentions one social situation that caused him great anxiety. What was that?

4. How does Daniel feel about having met with Kim Peek?

5. Why does Daniel say people are surprised when he tells them he is a Christian?

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