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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does John say he kept himself popular?
(a) By playing pranks.
(b) By getting good grades.
(c) By making trouble.
(d) By smoking.

3. What ultimately happened to Doug?
(a) He had a nervous breakdown.
(b) He was killed in a car accident.
(c) He died in an irrigation ditch.
(d) He moved to another town.

4. What did John build from a kit at Christmas when he was thirteen?
(a) A computer.
(b) A radio-controlled airplane.
(c) A television.
(d) A radio.

5. How many speakers did John end up fixing at Britro?
(a) 52.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 44.

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

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

8. What allowed John to get away from home?
(a) A car.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A motor scooter.
(d) Hitchhiking.

9. What did John design for Mick at Britro?
(a) A control system for a complex lighting system.
(b) A set of special effects for concerts.
(c) A new speaker system.
(d) A five-way crossover sound system.

10. How did John's driving lessons end?
(a) At his parents' house.
(b) Safely back home.
(c) In a ditch.
(d) At his grandmother's house.

11. What does John say his mother told him about his father?
(a) She said that he was going to kill them all.
(b) She says that he was a spy.
(c) She says that he was really someone else.
(d) She says that he had cancer.

12. What did John like about being on the road with bands?
(a) He forgot about his crazy family.
(b) Being famous.
(c) The music.
(d) The drugs.

13. What observation of John's brought him to his company's notice?
(a) That the sound from a certain system was not as good as it could be.
(b) That the speakers for a show were breaking down.
(c) That by wiring the musicians' instruments, he could create unique effects.
(d) That the speakers were using more expensive components than they needed.

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

15. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?
(a) He says that the teacher was always on his back.
(b) He says that the teacher was always getting him in trouble.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Betsy?

2. What does John say he preferred?

3. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?

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

5. What strange behavior did Dr. Finch exhibit?

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