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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John say he was seen in the corporate world?
(a) A brilliant problem-solver.
(b) A team player.
(c) A sap whose work could be appropriated.
(d) Rude and inconsiderate.

2. What was John's nickname for his dog?
(a) Pickles.
(b) Poodle.
(c) Wiggle-butt.
(d) Wags.

3. What did John believe about his work at Milton Bradley?
(a) He would be famous.
(b) He would become rich.
(c) He would be exploited.
(d) It would change the world.

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

5. What was Chris' emergency?
(a) He needed to get away from Dr. Finch.
(b) He needed to know about the family history.
(c) He wanted to get in touch with their mother.
(d) He wanted to buy new clothes.

6. What was Ace's reaction to John's new lighting design?
(a) He was critical of it.
(b) He didn't need to see it, he just trusted John.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He suggested serious revisions to it.

7. Where was John's design job?
(a) At a satellite office.
(b) At the factory.
(c) He worked from home.
(d) At the corporate office.

8. How reliable were John's machines?
(a) 25%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 50%.

9. What did the other guys in the road crew try to get John to do?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Take drugs.
(c) Go home.
(d) Hook up with a groupie.

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

11. How old was John when he married Little Bear?
(a) 31.
(b) 22.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

12. Where did Chris stay while his and John's mother was hospitalized?
(a) Alone.
(b) With friends.
(c) With John.
(d) With Dr. Finch.

13. What did John do to make sure that the thing he was afraid of did not come about?
(a) He made a note of the numbers on Jack's hospital bracelet.
(b) He sat with the doctor and nurses all the time.
(c) He gave Jack a tattoo.
(d) He called the doctor every time anything looked amiss.

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

15. What does John say he didn't like?
(a) Things that made people seem normal.
(b) Things that made people rhapsodic and poetic.
(c) Things that made people get out of control.
(d) Things that kept people in line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Martha?

2. How often did John talk to his brother?

3. What job did John take that made him feel like he was fitting into the normal world?

4. What was John's nickname for his wife?

5. What force did John have at his fingertips?

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