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

2. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?
(a) Controlling his troublemaking urges.
(b) Making sense of adults' contradictory expectations.
(c) Understanding the language of the children around him.
(d) Refraining from blurting out his thoughts.

3. What does John say he didn't like?
(a) Things that kept people in line.
(b) Things that made people rhapsodic and poetic.
(c) Things that made people seem normal.
(d) Things that made people get out of control.

4. Where was John's creation tested?
(a) In the workshop.
(b) At a Meatloaf concert.
(c) At a meeting of investors.
(d) At a company picnic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John like about being on the road with bands?

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

3. What did the other guys in the road crew try to get John to do?

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

5. What was NOT a special effect did Ace Frehley asked John to rig up?

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