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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Donna states that the perceptual problems of deafness, muteness, and blindness in an autistic person are caused by _____.
(a) Extreme stress.
(b) Medications.
(c) Ambivalence.
(d) Mental breakdown.

2. What did the teacher in Donna's biology class have a student explain after Donna's naive answer regarding how plants live?
(a) Photosynthesis.
(b) Cell division.
(c) Photogenesis.
(d) Water conversion..

3. Donna characterized Carol's relationship to David as that of a _____.
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Live-in nurse.
(d) Domestic prostitute.

4. Who did David visit using Donna's money?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

5. What did Bryn's parents think he was afflicted with?
(a) Melancholia.
(b) Autism.
(c) Hodgkin's disease.
(d) Schizophrenia.

6. What two categories did Donna put people into?
(a) Winners and losers.
(b) Us and them.
(c) Good and bad.
(d) Doers and Don'ters.

7. What did the Welshman give to Donna that she opened in her hotel room?
(a) A tin of cookies.
(b) A pound of cheese.
(c) A basket of happiness.
(d) A bottle of hugs.

8. Donna calls herself _____ in the Afterward..
(a) Brilliant and dynamic.
(b) Insane and retarded.
(c) Fun and loving.
(d) Selfish and cruel.

9. What did Donna think of math when her remedial math teacher worked with her?
(a) That it was magic.
(b) That it was too easy.
(c) That is was horrid.
(d) That it was illogical.

10. Donna had always experienced being touched emotionally as the threat of _____.
(a) Retribution.
(b) Violence.
(c) Death.
(d) Imprisonment.

11. In Donna's dream, Carol called the man who towered over her a _____.
(a) Dog.
(b) Friend.
(c) Client.
(d) Doctor.

12. _____ appealed to the indecisive part of Donna that could not tie itself down to any particular choice of subject.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Banking.
(d) The arts.

13. How does Donna say that Karen saw David?
(a) As a rat.
(b) As a worm.
(c) As a jackal.
(d) As a snake.

14. What were Bryn and Donna afraid of if they looked into each other's eyes?
(a) Locking into a staring contest.
(b) Seeing the darkness.
(c) Losing themselves.
(d) Seeing each other's brains.

15. Donna states that if parents can step away from ______, autistic children might trust and reach out.
(a) Their busy schedules.
(b) Their financial obligations.
(c) Their scholarly expectations.
(d) Their own emotional needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Donna and David live after Karen kicked them out?

2. What drew Donna to Europe?

3. What did Kath do for a living?

4. Donna writes that the problems of her situation were heightened by the effect of _____.

5. Of the three personalities that the author possessed, only Donna had _____ that functioned in her world.

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