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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What distracted Tesla as a child?
(a) Bright lights.
(b) Strange patterns.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Loud noises.
2. What famous author did Tesla get to meet as an adult?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Louisa May Alcott.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Jane Austen.
3. Where did Tesla almost drown?
(a) By a dock.
(b) At the ocean.
(c) In a river.
(d) In a swimming pool.
4. What would Tesla calculate before eating?
(a) The number of people in the room.
(b) The origin of his food.
(c) The nutritional value of his food.
(d) The volume of his food.
5. What was Tesla asked to write about?
(a) All of these.
(b) His education.
(c) His inventions.
(d) His family.
6. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A time machine.
(b) A water pump.
(c) A perpetual motion machine.
(d) A radio.
7. How did Tesla describe his mother?
(a) Tireless worker.
(b) Domestic genius.
(c) All of these.
(d) Creative inventor.
8. What did Tesla make from wood as a boy?
(a) Mini cars.
(b) Swords.
(c) Diagrams.
(d) Mazes.
9. What was Tesla unable to do while at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Lie to others.
(b) Leave a project unfinished.
(c) Fit in with his comrades.
(d) Sleep at night.
10. How did Tesla save himself when he almost drowned?
(a) He breathed between the dock slats.
(b) He allowed himself to float with the waves.
(c) He used the air bubbles in his pockets.
(d) He followed the directions of his voices.
11. How old was Tesla when he graduated from The Real Gymnasium?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 10.
12. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) The typesetter.
(b) The reporters.
(c) The owner.
(d) The editors.
13. What did Tesla do at night while at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Wrote letters.
(b) Dreamed.
(c) Studied.
(d) Partied.
14. Why did Tesla refrain from caffeine?
(a) It hurt his stomach.
(b) His father told him to.
(c) It made him jittery.
(d) It was a harmful stimulant.
15. What did Tesla repair that made him a favorite in the town of Gospic?
(a) A vacuum.
(b) A cotton gin.
(c) A fire engine.
(d) A coffee dispenser.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Tesla suffer as a child?
2. How did Tesla feel about his time in The Real Gymnasium?
3. What did Tesla construct in his mind as a child?
4. Where did Tesla grow up?
5. How did Tesla classify his age while writing this book?
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