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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 John believe about his work at Milton Bradley?

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

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

4. What was Chris' emergency?

5. What was John's nickname for his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes John's new wife a good match for him?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the prank John pulled involving cocaine.

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

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

10. Describe John's feelings about working in a corporation.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How trustworthy is John Robison as a narrator? Do you believe what he says, or would you expect the facts to come out differently, if someone ever wrote a biography of him?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What distinguishes this book from a novel? Does it matter that these events all supposedly happened? Would it change your opinion of the book if you found out that John Robison had exaggerated or created events?

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