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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is amazing about the way in which Kim Peek can read a book and memorize it?

3. Why did Daniel have mixed feelings about the documentary producers filming him in Las Vegas?

4. What language is Daniel learning when the book is being written?

5. How did Daniel have to prove that he had learned Icelandic in four days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Daniel's relationship with words?

2. During his training for Volunteer Services, what were the main learning goals for Daniel and the class?

3. How is Daniel's method of memorizing the digits of pi different from most other people's methods?

4. When Daniel goes on an interview for a library position, why does he most likely not get the job?

5. Scientists are beginning to question whether Daniel's ability with language extends to other forms of language, such as sign language. What happens when he is tested for this?

6. Why did Daniel's travels and meetings during the making of Brainman and his appearances on television give him such a feeling of elation?

7. How is Daniel's partner, Neil, similar to Daniel?

8. Why do you think the woman who interviewed Daniel at the Volunteer Services Overseas office might have thought he was a perfect candidate to teach English overseas?

9. What had Daniel learned during his year in Kaunas?

10. Why did Daniel end up walking up the steep hill of Volunteer Ave. on his commute to the Volunteer Center?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Daniel feel in the gambling town of Las Vegas? Is this a city that someone like him would enjoy? What about it disturbs him? What personal reasons does he have against going there?

Essay Topic 2

Although he doesn't go into great detail about it, Daniel was teased and bullied throughout school. What sort of things probably happened to him? How does he cope with the bullying? Does he believe it had an effect on his personality?

Essay Topic 3

Daniel meeting Kim Peek can perhaps be compared to Bob Dylan meeting the Beatles for the first time. Kim does not converse much, but based on what he does say and his actions, what does he think about his meeting with Daniel? Are they equally impressed with one another?

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