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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jim start a fire?
(a) He spilled kerosene near a stove.
(b) His furnace exploded.
(c) Sparks ignited the gasoline in a vat.
(d) One of his sculptures combusted in the foundry.

2. How did John's driving lessons end?
(a) At his grandmother's house.
(b) Safely back home.
(c) At his parents' house.
(d) In a ditch.

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

4. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?
(a) High school.
(b) Junior high.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) College.

5. What was preschool like for John Robison?
(a) He refused to go.
(b) He was disliked by the other children.
(c) He was persecuted by his teacher.
(d) He excelled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the system John built perform?

2. Where did John meet Mary Trompke?

3. Who is Chuckie?

4. How does John characterize his relationship with the musicians?

5. What was John's nickname for his mother?

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