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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. Willie was responsible for Donna's ability to _____.
(a) Love.
(b) Co-exist.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Mimic.

2. What did Donna initially determine caused her asthma?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Candy.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Dairy foods.

3. How did Donna feel about graduating from her classes?
(a) Over the hill.
(b) Over the moon.
(c) Under the stars.
(d) Under the weather.

4. How did Donna feel when she finally sat for a long time touching Bryn's hand?
(a) Confused and challenged.
(b) Like she was going to die.
(c) Like her hand was burning off.
(d) Elated and enraptured.

5. Donna considers time and space to be _____.
(a) Unreal.
(b) Part of healing.
(c) Intergral to all life.
(d) Intertwined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Donna think autistic meant up through the time she asked her father why she was sent to the special school?

2. What did Donna begin to fear in Tim's eyes?

3. According to Donna, communicating indirectly with someone who is autistic is _____ than communicating directly.

4. Where did Donna and the Welshman go after they got off the train?

5. Donna states that if parents can step away from ______, autistic children might trust and reach out.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the conversation about between Donna and Shaun's father on the way to pick Shaun up from the train station?

2. What was Donna's relationship like with Carlos and how did David react to this?

3. Why was the label of autism not useless to Donna?

4. What was Donna's strategy for "letting go" so she could function in the world better?

5. How did Donna feel when she gave her university professor a poem as a gift?

6. Why did Donna feel secure with Kat?

7. How did Donna and Bryn communicate with each other?

8. How does Donna say that severe food intolerances affected her brain?

9. What reason did Donna's father give for her family's belief that she was autistic as a child?

10. How did Donna and the Welshman play on the farm equipment and what is she reminded of when he gives her a hand up on one of the pieces of equipment?

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