Oh, and the verbal tasks, while more open-ended, also have very specifically graded responses, some of which do not require a great deal of verbal output. Most of the Similarities items can be answered in one or two words, as can many of the Vocabulary items. Comprehension, which was her strongest subtest, requires the most elaborate responses. It also has the lengthiest and most naturalistic questions, which suggests to me that she benefited a little from more meaningful, contextualized verbal tasks, where she had more opportunity to understand and respond to the questions, without the precise language skills involved in Si and Vc.
