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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 does John say he has trouble with?

2. What did John name his toy tractor as a child?

3. Why was John afraid that his son would be born sick?

4. What did John expect would happen because of his prank?

5. How many jobs did John move through in the six years after he married Little Bear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does John get from his job as a sound and lighting engineer?

4. Describe the job John took when he returned to the U.S.

5. Describe the prank John pulled involving cocaine.

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

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

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

9. What does John say is the difference between people and machines, for him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

If you could resemble John Robison in one way, what trait of his would you chose to resemble? Why not other traits?

Essay Topic 3

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

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