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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. What story did John have to recant?
(a) That he kept a rabid raccoon as a pet.
(b) That he was going to Harvard.
(c) That he had seen feral children in his rounds as a garbage man.
(d) That he was raising a baby he found in a dumpster.

2. What story did John get some insight into at this time?
(a) Dr. Finch explained his crazy behavior.
(b) Mary told him why she hadn't been talking to him.
(c) He discovered the definition of Aspergers syndrome.
(d) His mother told him why she had separated from his father.

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

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

5. What had Jim Boughton made from scratch?
(a) A smithy.
(b) A robot.
(c) A blast furnace.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?

2. How was John spending his time when he was sixteen?

3. What strange behavior did Dr. Finch exhibit?

4. What allowed John to get away from home?

5. What did John and his friends find in the woods?

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