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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John get a job?

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

3. How does John characterize his relationship with the musicians?

4. What did John put in the holes he dug at Halloween?

5. What did John buy when he sold his first Porsche?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe John Robison as a child.

3. Describe John's work as a sound engineer.

4. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

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

6. What did John like about being a clown?

7. How did Rusty Nail change John's life?

8. Describe John's parents' relationship.

9. Describe the deterioration of John's parents' marriage in chapter 7,

10. Describe John's attempts to act normal.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the humorous tone John Robison takes throughout his memoir? What does he gain, by it? What does he lose?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think was John Robison's main reason for writing this book? What evidence do you find, in the book, that this is his main reason? What other reasons might he have? Why do you think those reasons are less important?

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