2. Who is Doug?
(a) John Robison's father.
(b) John Robison's playmate.
(c) John Robison's teacher.
(d) John Robison's babysitter.

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

4. What was John Robison's reaction when his parents fought?
(a) He cried.
(b) He would faint.
(c) He yelled at them to distract them from their fight.
(d) He hurt himself.

5. What was missing from the thing John and his friends found in the woods?
(a) The doors.
(b) The windshield.
(c) The wheels.
(d) The engine.

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

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

8. What made people think that John was a prodigy?
(a) His quick sense of humor.
(b) His photographic memory.
(c) His reading.
(d) His musical ability.

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

10. How does John characterize his relationship with Mary Trompke at this time?
(a) She was the only good part of his days.
(b) She was actively trying to convince him to change his life but he resisted her.
(c) They were close, but the relationship was troubled.
(d) She wouldn't have anything to do with him.

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

12. What does John say he can now see about his mother?
(a) That she was having a nervous breakdown.
(b) That she was insane.
(c) That she was menopausal.
(d) That she was unhappy in her marriage.

13. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?
(a) The heat it produced.
(b) The powerful wind it created.
(c) The speed it traveled at.
(d) The size of it.

14. Which rock band did John NOT work with?
(a) Blondie.
(b) Judas Priest.
(c) Journey.
(d) Talking Heads.

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