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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. Who is Betsy?
(a) John Robison's first-grade teacher.
(b) John Robison's babysitter.
(c) John Robison's playmate.
(d) A friend of John Robison's mother.

2. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of a child's illness.
(b) Of a child's success in school.
(c) Of the death of a child.
(d) Of the birth of a child.

3. What prank did John play on his mother?
(a) He left a park with a stranger, and reported himself missing.
(b) He got his brother to hide, and he told his mother that Chris had gone off with a stranger.
(c) He called the police when his mother left him and his brother alone in the park together.
(d) He and his brother hid in the park and watched their mother get panic-stricken.

4. What did John and his friends find in the woods?
(a) A Porsche.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A truck.
(d) A tractor.

5. How does John describe the change in his father, in chapter 6?
(a) His father was becoming meaner.
(b) His father was turning senile.
(c) His father was getting more easygoing.
(d) His father was becoming less predictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ultimate explanation for the vehicle in the woods?

2. How long did John take to finish the year-long electronics course he was enrolled in?

3. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?

4. What was preschool like for John Robison?

5. What did John Robison realize he had to work at?

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