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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John characterize the exchanges that take place between ordinary people?
(a) Acquired.
(b) Improvised.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Customized.

2. What was John afraid of after his son's birth?
(a) That he might find out that he was not the father.
(b) That he would lose his wife.
(c) That his son would be switched with another baby.
(d) That his son would die suddenly.

3. What was John's first nickname for his brother?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Curly.
(c) Pooch.
(d) Snort.

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

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

6. What does John say changed after he learned he had Asperger's syndrome?
(a) He tried to look people in the eye more.
(b) He took drugs that eased his tensions.
(c) He prayed more often.
(d) He apologized to his wife more.

7. Why does John say he had difficulty with normal conversation?
(a) He was too creative.
(b) He was too emotional.
(c) He was too logical.
(d) He was too impatient.

8. How many times was John married?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

9. How does John say he reacted to his fear that he would be rejected?
(a) He affected not to care about people.
(b) He would stick with one or two close friends.
(c) He would stay in by himself.
(d) He was brutally critical toward people.

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 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 spend more attention on choosing a car than a mate.

11. What behavior does John say disconcerted people?
(a) He would make overtly sexual jokes.
(b) He would not give them the responses they expected.
(c) He was always talking about his Asperger's syndrome diagnosis.
(d) He would not respond to people unless he knew exactly what they wanted.

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

13. What was the reward that signaled John's success?
(a) Winning Little Bear back to him.
(b) Making more than $500,000 in a year.
(c) Getting a letter of congratulations from his father.
(d) Being asked to join the board of a local bank.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he wished he could do?

2. How does John say he treated his son?

3. How many times was John's uncle Bob married?

4. How does John characterize his way of choosing names for people and pets?

5. What tragedy struck John and Little Bear?

(see the answer keys)

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