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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was missing from the thing John and his friends found in the woods?
(a) The engine.
(b) The windshield.
(c) The doors.
(d) The wheels.

2. What was preschool like for John Robison?
(a) He was disliked by the other children.
(b) He refused to go.
(c) He was persecuted by his teacher.
(d) He excelled.

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

4. What did Jim Boughton make with his creation?
(a) A robot.
(b) A part for a motorcycle engine.
(c) A balloon.
(d) A sculpture of arms.

5. What was John's reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) He burst into hysterical laughter.
(b) He writhed in empathetic suffering.
(c) He fled the room in panic.
(d) He smiled inappropriately.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John's driving lessons end?

2. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?

3. What happened after Jim gave the firemen this advice?

4. What did John buy when he sold his first Porsche?

5. What does John say he can now see about his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

2. What problems does John say he had playing with other children?

3. Describe John's work as a sound engineer.

4. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

5. How did John get to know Ace Frehley?

6. How did Rusty Nail change John's life?

7. Describe John's first encounter with a Porsche.

8. Describe John's parents' relationship.

9. Describe the beginning of John's career in electronics.

10. What did John like about being a clown?

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