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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 Carlock think of Temple's questions and interests?
(a) Odd
(b) Reassuring
(c) Fun
(d) Lofty

2. What is wrong about the poem?
(a) The length
(b) The rhythm
(c) The words
(d) The images

3. What kind of words does Temple repeat at camp?
(a) Long words
(b) Sexual words
(c) Racist words
(d) One syllable words

4. What do autistics overreact to?
(a) Hearing their name
(b) Loud noises
(c) Death
(d) Bright lights

5. Who is Temple shy to meet when she arrives at camp?
(a) The children
(b) The new staff
(c) The parents
(d) The animals

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Temple say she would not allow her mother to do when she was six-months-old?

2. What does a boy tell Temple she does not have?

3. What does Temple call the behaviors of an autistic?

4. What does Temple's mother say Temple is motivated by?

5. Who does Dr. Stein write to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rimland control Temple's behavior?

2. What does Temple's mother's letter say about her mother's character and feelings towards her daughter?

3. What reason does Temple give for writing this book?

4. How does autism affect Temple's speech?

5. What does Carlock say Temple's success proves?

6. What does Carlock point out as Temple's good points?

7. Why is Temple expelled from school in Chapter 7?

8. How does Temple react when the glass from the car window falls on her?

9. In what way does Temple process information differently from other children?

10. What does Bernard Rimland note about Temple's autism in the foreword?

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