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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 get some insight into at this time?
(a) Dr. Finch explained his crazy behavior.
(b) His mother told him why she had separated from his father.
(c) He discovered the definition of Aspergers syndrome.
(d) Mary told him why she hadn't been talking to him.

2. What did John Robison realize he had to work at?
(a) His parents' instructions.
(b) His homework.
(c) Responding to other children.
(d) His bodily needs.

3. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?
(a) The speed it traveled at.
(b) The heat it produced.
(c) The size of it.
(d) The powerful wind it created.

4. What did John fantasize about, in the vehicle in the woods?
(a) Being a combat pilot.
(b) Being a farmer.
(c) Being a trucker.
(d) Being a race driver.

5. Who is Betsy?
(a) John Robison's playmate.
(b) John Robison's first-grade teacher.
(c) A friend of John Robison's mother.
(d) John Robison's babysitter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul teach John?

2. What warning did Jim give the firemen who responded to the fire?

3. What was the ultimate explanation for the vehicle in the woods?

4. Where did John get a job?

5. What good news does John describe in the winter of 1978?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe John's attempts to act normal.

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

4. Describe John Robison as a child.

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

6. What was the result of John's father's drinking?

7. What does John say he does to avoid his parents' troubles?

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

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

10. Describe John's parents' relationship.

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