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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. How does John characterize T.R. Rosenberg?

2. What skill did John's second wife have that his first wife did not have?

3. How does John say his second marriage was different from his first?

4. How many times was John's uncle Bob married?

5. How does John say he was seen in the corporate world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does John characterize people with Asperger's syndrome?

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

4. How does John characterize his relation with machines?

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

6. What reason does John give for moving back to Amherst?

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

8. What did John do to Microvision?

9. Describe the birth of John's son.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend "Look Me in the Eye"? For what purposes would you recommend "Look Me in the Eye", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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