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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. What did John's grandfather let him do?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe John Robison as a child.

3. What did John like about being a clown?

4. Describe the catastrophe Jim Boughton and John created.

5. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

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

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

8. Describe John's relation with Chris.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Debate the proposition that Asperger's syndrome made John's life much more interesting and meaningful than it would have been without it.

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "Look Me in the Eye". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate "Look Me in the Eye"--did you resist the story, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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