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

2. What was John's reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) He burst into hysterical laughter.
(b) He smiled inappropriately.
(c) He fled the room in panic.
(d) He writhed in empathetic suffering.

3. What good news does John describe in the winter of 1978?
(a) He got a job with a band.
(b) He reunited with Mary Trompke.
(c) He got his GED.
(d) He started his own business.

4. What would John Robison do to Doug?
(a) Hit him on the ears.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Refuse to respond to him.
(d) Make fun of him.

5. What did John and his friends find in the woods?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A Porsche.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What behavior did John Robison learn from his dog?

2. How did John Robison feel when he was around other kids?

3. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?

4. What does John say his mother told him about his father?

5. What does John say he taught himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John say was his mother's reaction to the dissolution of her marriage?

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

3. What was inappropriate about John's smiling at his mother's friend Betsy's news?

4. Describe John Robison as a child.

5. Describe Dr. Finch's strange behavior.

6. Describe John's parents' relationship.

7. Describe John's attempts to act normal.

8. How did John's life change when he started to go on the road with rock bands?

9. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

10. What problems does John say he had playing with other children?

(see the answer keys)

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