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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made people think that John was a prodigy?
(a) His quick sense of humor.
(b) His reading.
(c) His photographic memory.
(d) His musical ability.

2. What was missing from the thing John and his friends found in the woods?
(a) The engine.
(b) The wheels.
(c) The doors.
(d) The windshield.

3. Where did John meet Mary Trompke?
(a) The sidewalk.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The AV room.
(d) The engineering lab.

4. Why did John and his friends think the vehicle had been left in the woods?
(a) As a test by their parents.
(b) As a trap for thieves.
(c) As a gift for them.
(d) As a toy and a distraction.

5. What did John build from a kit at Christmas when he was thirteen?
(a) A radio.
(b) A television.
(c) A radio-controlled airplane.
(d) A computer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John Robison's reaction when his parents fought?

2. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?

3. How does John describe the change in his father, in chapter 6?

4. What did John buy when he sold his first Porsche?

5. Who is Doug?

(see the answer key)

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