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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does John characterize his relationship with his parents?
(a) They were always together.
(b) They didn't know what he was doing.
(c) They were overly concerned and oppressive.
(d) They were close.

3. Where did John spend the summer when he was thirteen?
(a) Maine.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Georgia.

4. Where was John invited to live rent free?
(a) With Mary Trompke.
(b) With Jim Boughton.
(c) With a band.
(d) With his parents.

5. Who took care of John and Chris when their mother was hospitalized?
(a) Family friends and neighbors.
(b) Their grandparents.
(c) Their aunt.
(d) Their friends.

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

7. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?
(a) By having porn magazines sent to the teacher's house.
(b) By spreading rumors about the teacher.
(c) By writing dirty things about the teacher in the bathroom.
(d) By disrupting the teacher's class.

8. How did the system John built perform?
(a) There were only small glitches.
(b) There were serious problems with his system.
(c) Better than anyone expected.
(d) Perfectly.

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

10. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?
(a) He says that the teacher was always getting him in trouble.
(b) He says that the teacher was always on his back.
(c) He says that the teacher was always inviting him to stay after to talk with him alone.
(d) He says that the teacher was always questioning his work, and doubting his answers.

11. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?
(a) As a gift for them.
(b) As a toy and a distraction.
(c) As a test by their parents.
(d) As a trap for thieves.

12. Who is Betsy?
(a) John Robison's babysitter.
(b) John Robison's playmate.
(c) A friend of John Robison's mother.
(d) John Robison's first-grade teacher.

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

14. What was John's reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) He writhed in empathetic suffering.
(b) He burst into hysterical laughter.
(c) He smiled inappropriately.
(d) He fled the room in panic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's grandfather let him do?

2. What strange behavior did Dr. Finch exhibit?

3. What would John Robison do to Doug?

4. What allowed John to get away from home?

5. What observation of John's brought him to his company's notice?

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