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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. What good news does John describe in the winter of 1978?

2. Where did John meet Mary Trompke?

3. What ultimately happened to Doug?

4. What didn't John like about the Caribbean?

5. How does John describe Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's parents' relationship.

2. Describe the catastrophe Jim Boughton and John created.

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

4. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

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

6. Describe John's departure from high school.

7. Describe the prank John played on his mother.

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

9. Describe John's attempts to act normal.

10. What story does John say he told the proud parents whose children would be going to Harvard and Smith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of John's pranks? How do they help him? How do they hurt him?

Essay Topic 2

How do you think John's brother Chris would change John's account of events?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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