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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Slow Walk Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking back on her school career, Liane felt that she may have been better served in her education by ______.
(a) Having a tutor.
(b) Going into a vocation instead.
(c) Going to smaller more empathic school.
(d) Going to a private school.

2. Liane engaged in _____ and television speaking, during which she would speak into a microphone and read from the news.
(a) Aviation.
(b) Radio.
(c) Internet.
(d) Drama.

3. When she arrived in Houston, Liane was offered the first job for which she applied, as a(n) ________.
(a) Radio host.
(b) Television host.
(c) Chemist.
(d) Instructor.

4. By her mid-twenties, Liane experienced herself as being somewhere between a smart college student and a lady who talks to _______.
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dragons.

5. The book refers to Autism as being a ______ diagnosis, with a great deal of variation.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Solid.
(c) Simple.
(d) Fluid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liane created several ______ rituals that she performed in order to appear interested in a conversation.

2. Liane wanted real school supplies to play with and quickly lost interest in ______ that did not smell like new ones.

3. Unlike other kids her age, Liane found the ______ of college to be challenging; there were not enough rules for her.

4. One of Liane's friends encouraged her to try out for his fraternity's Little ______ program.

5. Liane was best at drama, and being around the speech and dramatic arts club exposed her to other ______, or those with AS.

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