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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the ultimate explanation for the vehicle in the woods?
(a) It had been abandoned.
(b) It had crashed.
(c) It was being given away.
(d) It was stolen.

3. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?
(a) As a gift for them.
(b) As a trap for thieves.
(c) As a test by their parents.
(d) As a toy and a distraction.

4. What happened after Jim gave the firemen this advice?
(a) The firefighters called for backup.
(b) Firefighters rushed into the building and were injured looking for people.
(c) They used water on the fire, but this only created an explosion.
(d) The firefighting efforts were slowed to a crawl because of the threat of explosives.

5. How many speakers did John end up fixing at Britro?
(a) 44.
(b) 52.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

6. How was John spending his time when he was sixteen?
(a) Hitchhiking around.
(b) Hanging around in bars.
(c) Studying independently.
(d) Working in a factory.

7. Which rock band did John NOT work with?
(a) Blondie.
(b) Talking Heads.
(c) Judas Priest.
(d) Journey.

8. Where did John spend the summer when he was thirteen?
(a) Florida.
(b) Maine.
(c) California.
(d) Georgia.

9. What does John say he can now see about his mother?
(a) That she was having a nervous breakdown.
(b) That she was insane.
(c) That she was menopausal.
(d) That she was unhappy in her marriage.

10. What was John's nickname for his mother?
(a) Slave.
(b) Darling.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Angel.

11. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Junior high.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

12. How does John characterize his relationship with the musicians?
(a) Like a mechanic with a race car driver.
(b) Like a brother looking out for his brothers.
(c) Like a parent looking out for his children.
(d) Like a worker, working alongside comrades.

13. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?
(a) By having porn magazines sent to the teacher's house.
(b) By spreading rumors about the teacher.
(c) By writing dirty things about the teacher in the bathroom.
(d) By disrupting the teacher's class.

14. What story did John have to recant?
(a) That he was raising a baby he found in a dumpster.
(b) That he kept a rabid raccoon as a pet.
(c) That he was going to Harvard.
(d) That he had seen feral children in his rounds as a garbage man.

15. What was John being paid to do?
(a) Provide drugs for the band.
(b) Play guitar and sing.
(c) Light carpentry and chores.
(d) Maintain sound equipment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately happened to Doug?

2. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?

3. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?

4. What led to Dr. Finch's license being revoked?

5. What had Jim Boughton made from scratch?

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