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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 kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of the death of a child.
(b) Of the birth of a child.
(c) Of a child's illness.
(d) Of a child's success in school.

2. What does John say he preferred?
(a) Playing in team sports.
(b) Playing alone with his toys.
(c) Playing closely with one other friend.
(d) Leading the other children in their play.

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

4. What symptoms did John develop during this time?
(a) Nervous tics.
(b) Suicidal tendencies.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Seizures.

5. Would would Doug do when John Robison was playing?
(a) Stop him.
(b) Complement him.
(c) Help him.
(d) Annoy him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does John characterize his relationship with his parents?

3. What story did John get some insight into at this time?

4. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?

5. What was John's reaction to Betsy's news?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's mechanical abilities.

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

3. Describe John's relation with Chris.

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

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

6. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

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

8. What did John like about being a clown?

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

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

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