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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. What does Alfred demand in his letters?

2. Who asks Temple to stop going through her door?

3. Who calls the observation deck a crow's nest?

4. Why does Temple have a nerve attack when she goes home?

5. How does Temple remember abstractions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Temple describe her nerve attacks?

2. Why does Temple fixate on the sliding glass door in Chapter 11?

3. How does Temple justify using the machine?

4. Where does Temple find temporary relief from her nerve attacks?

5. Why does Temple do badly on the oral direction sub-test?

6. How does Temple's machine help her?

7. What does Lorna King say in her letter to Temple?

8. Why does Temple think she suffers from nerve attacks?

9. How does Temple try and help the animals she works with in Chapter 12?

10. How does Mr Brookes help Temple in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay revolving around the following statement: "Autism is not an illness, but a different way of viewing the world."

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following options and discuss how Temple's illness affected that particular area in her life:

1) Education

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

4) Family

Essay Topic 3

How was autism viewed in the Sixties? How is autism viewed today?

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