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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT a special effect did Ace Frehley asked John to rig up?
(a) Shooting ammunition from his guitar.
(b) Making a rocket come out of his guitar.
(c) Make a laser guitar.
(d) Making his guitar robotic.

2. How did his prank go awry?
(a) The cops accused him of the ruse.
(b) An executive snorted the powder.
(c) He cut himself up.
(d) His coworkers got sick.

3. What does John say he wished he could do?
(a) Mingle with the people at nightclubs.
(b) Play in a rock band.
(c) Fall in love with a girl.
(d) Rescue his brother.

4. What did John do when he arrived in Orlando for the "Return of KISS" tour?
(a) Install the rockets in the guitars.
(b) Take drugs.
(c) Check the guitars.
(d) See Little Bear.

5. How does John characterize his way of choosing names for people and pets?
(a) He chose names that he associated with people's or pets' traits.
(b) He chose names that sounded right.
(c) He chose names that made sense.
(d) He chose names of animals that resembled the person.

6. Why was John stressed by losing his job at Simplex?
(a) He was angry because he felt he had been framed for poor performance.
(b) Little Bear was not working, and he was the only breadwinner.
(c) He had received such poor reviews he was afraid he would never find another job.
(d) He felt betrayed by management.

7. What tragedy struck John and Little Bear?
(a) Little Bear's brother died.
(b) John's brother died.
(c) John's father died.
(d) Little Bear's mother died.

8. How does John say his second marriage was different from his first?
(a) More disastrous.
(b) More contentious.
(c) More dramatic.
(d) More successful.

9. What was the cause John identified for problems with the Microvision game?
(a) Design flaws.
(b) Materials flaws.
(c) Manufacturing errors.
(d) Static electricity.

10. What criticism does John make of people's decisions to marry?
(a) He says that people are often blinded to each other's faults until it's too late.
(b) He says that marriage can only work when people decide to act more like machines than like people.
(c) He says that people spend more attention on choosing a car than a mate.
(d) He says that people can never see what is obvious to everyone else around them.

11. What unexpected force made it complicated to work at Milton Bradley?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Illness.
(d) Family.

12. Who is Martha?
(a) John's uncle Bob's second wife.
(b) John's Uncle Bob's first wife.
(c) John's second wife.
(d) John's father's second wife.

13. What arrest was made in connection with John's prank?
(a) The executive who snorted the powder was arrested for drugs later.
(b) John was arrested for filing a false report.
(c) The colleague who reported the powder was arrested for drugs.
(d) No arrest was made.

14. Why does John say machines appeal to him?
(a) He can control them.
(b) He can hear them speak.
(c) He can hide in them.
(d) He is not challenged by them.

15. Who is Tony Atwood?
(a) The doctor who diagnosed John's Asperger's syndrome.
(b) The man who coined Asperger's syndrome.
(c) The author of "Asperger's syndrome."
(d) The man who gave John the book "Asperger's Syndrome."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John's design job?

2. How reliable were John's machines?

3. What did John conclude from this prank going awry?

4. What was John's reaction to taking drugs and alcohol?

5. How many times was John married?

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