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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John fantasize about, in the vehicle in the woods?
(a) Being a race driver.
(b) Being a farmer.
(c) Being a trucker.
(d) Being a combat pilot.

2. Who is Doug?
(a) John Robison's teacher.
(b) John Robison's babysitter.
(c) John Robison's playmate.
(d) John Robison's father.

3. How does John characterize his relationship with his parents?
(a) They were overly concerned and oppressive.
(b) They didn't know what he was doing.
(c) They were always together.
(d) They were close.

4. What allowed John to get away from home?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A car.
(c) A motor scooter.
(d) Hitchhiking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John build from a kit at Christmas when he was thirteen?

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

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

4. What did John put in the holes he dug at Halloween?

5. How does John describe the change in his father, in chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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