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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John buy when he sold his first Porsche?
(a) A Range Rover.
(b) Another Porsche to fix.
(c) A Ferrari.
(d) Cadillac.

2. How was John spending his time when he was sixteen?
(a) Working in a factory.
(b) Hanging around in bars.
(c) Studying independently.
(d) Hitchhiking around.

3. What does John say he taught himself?
(a) To have a unique perspective on everything.
(b) To make unusual insights.
(c) To react normally.
(d) To protect himself with humor.

4. What was the ultimate explanation for the vehicle in the woods?
(a) It had been abandoned.
(b) It was being given away.
(c) It had crashed.
(d) It was stolen.

5. How does John describe the change in his father, in chapter 6?
(a) His father was getting more easygoing.
(b) His father was becoming meaner.
(c) His father was turning senile.
(d) His father was becoming less predictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John's first Porsche?

2. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?

3. Where was John invited to live rent free?

4. How did John's father injure John's brother Chris?

5. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's departure from high school.

2. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

3. What was John's relationship with Porsches after this first encounter?

4. Describe the deterioration of John's parents' marriage in chapter 7,

5. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

6. Describe John's parents' relationship.

7. Describe the catastrophe Jim Boughton and John created.

8. Describe the beginning of John's career in electronics.

9. Why was the winter of 1978 good for John?

10. What story does John say he told the proud parents whose children would be going to Harvard and Smith?

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