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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 Temple describe her teachers in this chapter?

2. Which of the following is a symptom of autism?

3. What word does Temple repeat?

4. Who is Carlock to Temple?

5. What do autistics overreact to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Temple's mother say about Temple in her letter to a psychologist?

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

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

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

5. How does Rimland control Temple's behavior?

6. Why is Temple surprised that she is invited back to her old school in Vermont?

7. How does Temple manage to endear herself to the other students?

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

9. Why does Temple need pressure stimulation on her body?

10. In what way does Temple misbehave at private school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Temple uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the people Temple mentions in the book and discuss how he/she helped Temple to recover. Could Temple have survived without his/her support?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Temple use character and setting to express these themes?

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