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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. What was John's nickname for his mother?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Angel.
(c) Slave.
(d) Darling.

2. Where did John get a job?
(a) Harvard.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A garbage collector.
(d) A sound company.

3. What happened to John's mother after she separated from John's father?
(a) She went back to school for a nursing degree.
(b) She married another man.
(c) She moved away and he never heard from her.
(d) She started to date younger women.

4. What did John expect would happen because of his prank?
(a) That management would lose confidence in one of his co-workers.
(b) Someone would be seriously cut up by the razor.
(c) That his co-workers would become paranoid.
(d) Someone would be embarrassed by reporting the substance.

5. What would John Robison do to Doug?
(a) Make fun of him.
(b) Hit him on the ears.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Refuse to respond to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?

2. How does John characterize his relationship with his parents?

3. What job did John take that made him feel like he was fitting into the normal world?

4. How does John say he kept himself popular?

5. Why didn't John do what the other guys on the road crew wanted him to do?

(see the answer key)

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