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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. What does Daniel consider his first language to be?
(a) English.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Spanish

2. 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.

3. What was Daniel's favorite subject in secondary school?
(a) Art.
(b) English.
(c) Math.
(d) French.

4. How many languages does Daniel know?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

5. What health issue did Daniel's grandfather have?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Mental illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many children in Britain with an autistic spectrum disorder develop a certain type of epilepsy by adolescence?

2. When he walked around, what did Daniel focus on?

3. All three of Daniel's different childhood addresses were what type of number?

4. Daniel makes his first friend in primary school. What is his name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Asperger's syndrome, the kind of autism Daniel has, affect his life?

2. Daniel had issues with brushing his teeth. What was his problem and how did he solve it?

3. Why did Daniel's brothers and sisters play "games" with him such as ironing clothes and collecting books around the house to categorize?

4. Why doesn't Daniel remember or notice the names or faces of fellow classmates in nursery school?

5. Daniel's poor coordination made swimming and learning to ride a bike difficult for him. How did he eventually learn these skills?

6. What changes occurred in Daniel's parents' relationship when his father returned home?

7. Daniel sees days and dates in a certain way. How does he see his birth date as a certain color?

8. From when he was two-years-old, Daniel began to bang his head repeatedly against walls. Why might he have done this and what did his parents do to stop him?

9. Why did Daniel never get to meet his paternal grandfather?

10. Daniel seems to cry nonstop as a baby even into his first year of life. What is his parent's attitude toward constant crying?

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