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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 Jim Boughton make with his creation?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A robot.
(c) A part for a motorcycle engine.
(d) A sculpture of arms.

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

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

4. What was missing from the thing John and his friends found in the woods?
(a) The doors.
(b) The engine.
(c) The windshield.
(d) The wheels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John spend the summer when he was thirteen?

2. What ultimately happened to Doug?

3. What does John say he taught himself?

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

5. What happened to John's mother after she separated from John's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's habit of digging holes.

2. How did John get to know Ace Frehley?

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

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

5. Describe John's parents' strange behavior.

6. Describe John's departure from high school.

7. Describe John's parents' relationship.

8. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

9. Describe John's first encounter with a Porsche.

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

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