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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John characterize the trait of being logical?
(a) He says that it is a male trait.
(b) He says that it is a survival skill.
(c) He says that it is an Aspergian trait.
(d) He says that he learned it from working on machines.

2. What tool was John fascinated by?
(a) His grandfather's electronic equipment.
(b) His grandfather's lathe.
(c) His grandfather's power saw.
(d) His grandfather's post hole digger.

3. What force did John have at his fingertips?
(a) The law.
(b) Rumors.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Fame.

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

5. What was John's reaction to taking drugs and alcohol?
(a) He didn't like it.
(b) He liked it so much it made him afraid.
(c) He got addicted instantly.
(d) He had a violent reaction against it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John characterize his relationship with Mary Trompke at this time?

2. What does John say he wished he could do?

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

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

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

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