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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 the name of the family dog before Alyssa died?
(a) August.
(b) Chester.
(c) Percival.
(d) Winston.

2. What have doctors diagnosed Robin with?
(a) Rett's syndrome or Asperger's.
(b) Asperger's, OCD, or ADHD.
(c) OCD or ADHD.
(d) Pervasive Developmental Disorder or autism.

3. What day and month did Alyssa die?
(a) December 9.
(b) January 12.
(c) December 29.
(d) January 18.

4. What do Currier and his assistants call Robin?
(a) Boy Wonder.
(b) Scholar boy.
(c) Brain Boy.
(d) Brainbox.

5. After Robin has a meltdown after watching the most recent video of his mother, what planet does Theo create for him?
(a) Groombridge.
(b) Struve.
(c) Eridani.
(d) Pelagos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What summer job did Theo have that made him want to go to college?

2. What pajamas does Robin still wear that his mother bought him?

3. What is the name of Alyssa's mother?

4. After Theo switches off the light and Robin wakes on page 63, how long does it take to get him to fall back asleep?

5. How long before Robin's birthday campout was he suspended?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carl Stryker, Theo's colleague yell at him when he returns from vacation on page 43?

2. How successful is Robin's sale of his painting at the first farmers' market?

3. What do Theo and Robbie carry when they go camping on Robin's birthday?

4. What weekly changes does Theo begin to see in Robin from the DecNef sessions?

5. How did Theo and Alyssa meet?

6. Why was Theo in a great revolution in human thought when he was in college?

7. What does Theo do for work?

8. Why is Robin missing school at the beginning of the book?

9. How do Robin's days improve with the DecNef sessions?

10. What was Aly's closing when she testified to get a bill passed to stop hunting contests?

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