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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Professor Edwards open up to John?
(a) The UMass athletic facility.
(b) The UMass electronics labs.
(c) The UMass fraternity system.
(d) The UMass computer courses.

3. What did John build from a kit at Christmas when he was thirteen?
(a) A radio-controlled airplane.
(b) A television.
(c) A radio.
(d) A computer.

4. Where did John's family move after his father got tenure?
(a) Boston.
(b) Deerfield.
(c) Shutesbury.
(d) Chicago.

5. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) That the illness was ironic.
(b) That he wasn't dead.
(c) That the child's suffering was unbearable without laughter.
(d) That the child's death was funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John come to believe about dogs?

2. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?

3. What tool was John fascinated by?

4. What was John's first Porsche?

5. What was John Robison's reaction when his parents fought?

(see the answer key)

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