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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 strange behavior did Dr. Finch exhibit?
(a) Walking around holding helium balloons.
(b) Coming on to young students.
(c) Refusing to bathe.
(d) Making animal noises in conversation.

2. How did John Robison feel when he was around other kids?
(a) Outlandish.
(b) Superior.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Inferior.

3. What does John say he can now see about his father?
(a) That he was depressed.
(b) That he was dying.
(c) That he was profoundly unhappy in his marriage.
(d) That he was sick.

4. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?
(a) By writing dirty things about the teacher in the bathroom.
(b) By spreading rumors about the teacher.
(c) By disrupting the teacher's class.
(d) By having porn magazines sent to the teacher's house.

5. Who is Doug?
(a) John Robison's babysitter.
(b) John Robison's father.
(c) John Robison's playmate.
(d) John Robison's teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?

2. How does John characterize his relationship with Mary Trompke at this time?

3. Would would Doug do when John Robison was playing?

4. Where did John's family move after his father got tenure?

5. What led to Dr. Finch's license being revoked?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John get to know Ace Frehley?

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

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

4. Describe John's relation with Chris.

5. Describe John's mechanical abilities.

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

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

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

9. Describe John's habit of digging holes.

10. Describe John's parents' relationship.

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