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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of the birth of a child.
(b) Of a child's success in school.
(c) Of the death of a child.
(d) Of a child's illness.

2. What did John come to believe about dogs?
(a) That he had to kill them.
(b) That they could kill him.
(c) That they could speak to him.
(d) That they were afraid of him.

3. What allowed John to get away from home?
(a) Hitchhiking.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A car.
(d) A motor scooter.

4. What tool was John fascinated by?
(a) His grandfather's power saw.
(b) His grandfather's lathe.
(c) His grandfather's post hole digger.
(d) His grandfather's electronic equipment.

5. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) That the child's death was funny.
(b) That the illness was ironic.
(c) That he wasn't dead.
(d) That the child's suffering was unbearable without laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?

2. What did Professor Edwards open up to John?

3. What did John score on the GED exam?

4. What did Paul teach John?

5. How did John Robison feel when he was around other kids?

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