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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?
(a) Making sense of adults' contradictory expectations.
(b) Controlling his troublemaking urges.
(c) Refraining from blurting out his thoughts.
(d) Understanding the language of the children around him.

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

3. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?
(a) He says that the teacher was always questioning his work, and doubting his answers.
(b) He says that the teacher was always on his back.
(c) He says that the teacher was always inviting him to stay after to talk with him alone.
(d) He says that the teacher was always getting him in trouble.

4. Where did John get a job?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Harvard.
(c) A garbage collector.
(d) A sound company.

5. What was John's reaction to taking drugs and alcohol?
(a) He got addicted instantly.
(b) He liked it so much it made him afraid.
(c) He didn't like it.
(d) He had a violent reaction against it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What observation of John's brought him to his company's notice?

3. What good news does John describe in the winter of 1978?

4. Where did John meet Mary Trompke?

5. What did John learn to distinguish appropriate reactions from?

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