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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 did the move back to Amherst symbolize for John?

2. In what way were machines unlike friends, according to John?

3. How does John characterize his second wife's effect on him?

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

5. How does John characterize his second wife's treatment of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prank does John play on Chris when Chris comes to visit?

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

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

4. What kinds of names does John give people?

5. What does John say about his relationships while he was on the road?

6. What precedent does John say there is in his family for divorce?

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

8. Describe the prank John pulled involving cocaine.

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

10. What does John say about his difficulty with small-talk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Debate the proposition that John is often making fun of himself throughout his memoir.

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