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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of skills does Tesla say he learned from his father?

2. Why did Tesla think people should have free access to addictive substances?

3. What was Tesla unable to do while at the Polytechnic School?

4. How was Tesla punished for ruining a woman's dress?

5. What is the Gramme dynamo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Gospic got a new fire engine?

2. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

3. What caused Tesla some reluctance in writing about his childhood?

4. What did Tesla choose to work on after he recovered from his breakdown in Prague?

5. How was Tesla able to catch crows?

6. Why did Tesla choose to write about his childhood?

7. What did Tesla say about the Gramme dynamo, and what was his professor's response to this?

8. How and where did Tesla get his first job?

9. What did Tesla suffer from during his breakdown in Prague?

10. What gave Tesla a bad reputation in Gospic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

What happened between Tesla and Thomas Edison, and why was this so surprising to Tesla? How did he respond to this situation?

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