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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 was Chris' emergency?

2. What was John's nickname for his wife?

3. What business did John finally find success in?

4. What behavior does John say disconcerted people?

5. What explains this difference?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the birth of John's son.

3. How does John characterize his relation with machines?

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

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

6. Describe the conditions under which John flew first-class for the band.

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

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

9. What kinds of special effects did John Robison create for KISS?

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

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 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

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

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