WorksheetsFrom Blue Nine and Red Words (Evaluation/Activity)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the title "Blue Nines and Red Words" represent?
What the author's young child likes to draw and color
What the author sees when he interacts with certain numbers and letters
The confusion that people with autism experience
The author, Daniel Tammet says that he visualizes most numbers as smooth and round shapes similar to...
a basket ball
pebbles on a beach
circles
The author says "whenever I become too stressed and I can't breathe properly, I close my eyes and count. Thinking of numbers helps me to become calm." What does this reveal about the author?
He connects visually and emotionally with numbers
He does not understand the purpose of numbers
He is good with numbers
In paragraph 3, Tammet is explaining his relationship with numbers. What number reminds him of himself?
11- It is friendly
5- It is loud
4- It is both shy and quiet
According to the text, the author's type of synesthesia causes him to see...
numbers as shapes, colors, textures, and motions
blue words and red numbers
lumpy porridge
What type of text or genre is "Blue Nines and Red Words?"
A biography
An essay
A memoir
What is the author's purpose for writing "Blue Nines and Red Words?"
To use his personal experiences with savant syndrome, synesthesia, and Asperger's syndrome and express his opinion that different minds make sense of the world in different ways.
To show us that people with autism have difficulty connecting with others
To tell us about how much he loves numbers
In the selection, "Blue Nines and Red Words," what or whom does the author think of as "friends?"
words
numbers
his siblings
What response by the author shows how synesthesia causes an emotional reaction when he interacts with numbers.
I get anxious if I can't drink my cups of tea at the same time each day.
I close my eyes and count.
Thinking of numbers helps me to become calm again.
The author says the number 1 is like someone shining a flashlight into my eyes, 5 is a clap of thunder or the sound of waves crashing against rocks, 89 reminds him of falling snow. Which number would probably be most calming for the author to think of if he were feeling uneasy or nervous?
1
5
89
