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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jim start a fire?
(a) He spilled kerosene near a stove.
(b) His furnace exploded.
(c) Sparks ignited the gasoline in a vat.
(d) One of his sculptures combusted in the foundry.

2. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of the death of a child.
(b) Of the birth of a child.
(c) Of a child's illness.
(d) Of a child's success in school.

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

4. What behavior did John Robison learn from his dog?
(a) Barking.
(b) Chewing on furniture.
(c) Peeing on the carpet.
(d) Biting.

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

6. What tool was John fascinated by?
(a) His grandfather's post hole digger.
(b) His grandfather's lathe.
(c) His grandfather's electronic equipment.
(d) His grandfather's power saw.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How did John's father injure John's brother Chris?
(a) He beat him.
(b) He put a cigarette out on his forehead.
(c) He slammed his fingers in a door.
(d) He left him alone for hours.

13. What symptoms did John develop during this time?
(a) Suicidal tendencies.
(b) Nervous tics.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Anorexia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would John Robison do to Doug?

2. How deep was the deepest hole John dropped Chris in?

3. What did John score on the GED exam?

4. What strange behavior did Dr. Finch exhibit?

5. What did John fantasize about, in the vehicle in the woods?

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