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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. How does John characterize the exchanges that take place between ordinary people?
(a) Intuitive.
(b) Improvised.
(c) Acquired.
(d) Customized.

2. What behavior does John say disconcerted people?
(a) He was always talking about his Asperger's syndrome diagnosis.
(b) He would not respond to people unless he knew exactly what they wanted.
(c) He would make overtly sexual jokes.
(d) He would not give them the responses they expected.

3. What is a Montagoonian, according to John?
(a) Someone with a stooped posture.
(b) Someone from Montague.
(c) Someone who reminded John of a cartoon character.
(d) Someone with an accent.

4. How does John characterize T.R. Rosenberg?
(a) His twin.
(b) His exact opposite.
(c) A complement to John's personality, with social strengths and no math skills.
(d) Similar to John for his aloofness, but more articulate.

5. What did John have to do with Dark Tower?
(a) Reinvent it.
(b) Digitize it.
(c) Update it.
(d) Copy it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the other guys in the road crew try to get John to do?

2. What job did John take that made him feel like he was fitting into the normal world?

3. What did John do to make sure that the thing he was afraid of did not come about?

4. What criticism does John make of people's decisions to marry?

5. Why was John stressed by losing his job at Simplex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chris' living situation while John is touring with rock bands?

2. How does John say he made the transition from Aspergian to almost normal?

3. How did the Saul Pilgrim diagnosis change John's life?

4. What hope did John nourish, as he moved back to Amherst?

5. What metaphor does John use to describe what it feels like to be an Aspergian?

6. Describe the conditions under which John learned that he had Asperger's syndrome.

7. How does John characterize his relation with machines?

8. What does John say is the difference between people and machines, for him?

9. What kinds of special effects did John Robison create for KISS?

10. What kinds of names does John give people?

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