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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?
(a) He says that the teacher was always on his back.
(b) He says that the teacher was always questioning his work, and doubting his answers.
(c) He says that the teacher was always inviting him to stay after to talk with him alone.
(d) He says that the teacher was always getting him in trouble.

2. What prank did John play on his mother?
(a) He got his brother to hide, and he told his mother that Chris had gone off with a stranger.
(b) He left a park with a stranger, and reported himself missing.
(c) He called the police when his mother left him and his brother alone in the park together.
(d) He and his brother hid in the park and watched their mother get panic-stricken.

3. What was Ace's reaction to John's new lighting design?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He was critical of it.
(c) He didn't need to see it, he just trusted John.
(d) He suggested serious revisions to it.

4. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) That he wasn't dead.
(b) That the illness was ironic.
(c) That the child's death was funny.
(d) That the child's suffering was unbearable without laughter.

5. What does John say he wished he could do?
(a) Fall in love with a girl.
(b) Mingle with the people at nightclubs.
(c) Play in a rock band.
(d) Rescue his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?

2. Who took care of John and Chris when their mother was hospitalized?

3. Why didn't John do what the other guys on the road crew wanted him to do?

4. Where did John meet Mary Trompke?

5. How does John characterize his relationship with the musicians?

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