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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool was John fascinated by?
(a) His grandfather's lathe.
(b) His grandfather's power saw.
(c) His grandfather's electronic equipment.
(d) His grandfather's post hole digger.

2. What story did John have to recant?
(a) That he was raising a baby he found in a dumpster.
(b) That he kept a rabid raccoon as a pet.
(c) That he was going to Harvard.
(d) That he had seen feral children in his rounds as a garbage man.

3. What was John Robison's reaction when his parents fought?
(a) He yelled at them to distract them from their fight.
(b) He cried.
(c) He hurt himself.
(d) He would faint.

4. What was John's nickname for his mother?
(a) Slave.
(b) Angel.
(c) Darling.
(d) Stupid.

5. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of the birth of a child.
(b) Of the death of a child.
(c) Of a child's success in school.
(d) Of a child's illness.

6. How does John characterize his relationship with Mary Trompke at this time?
(a) They were close, but the relationship was troubled.
(b) She was actively trying to convince him to change his life but he resisted her.
(c) She wouldn't have anything to do with him.
(d) She was the only good part of his days.

7. Where was John invited to live rent free?
(a) With a band.
(b) With his parents.
(c) With Mary Trompke.
(d) With Jim Boughton.

8. What warning did Jim give the firemen who responded to the fire?
(a) That there were people in the building.
(b) That there were explosives in the building.
(c) That the fire was a gasoline fire.
(d) That there was magnesium in the fire.

9. What astonished John about Jim Boughton's creation?
(a) The size of it.
(b) The powerful wind it created.
(c) The speed it traveled at.
(d) The heat it produced.

10. What did Professor Edwards open up to John?
(a) The UMass computer courses.
(b) The UMass electronics labs.
(c) The UMass athletic facility.
(d) The UMass fraternity system.

11. Who is Betsy?
(a) John Robison's playmate.
(b) John Robison's first-grade teacher.
(c) John Robison's babysitter.
(d) A friend of John Robison's mother.

12. What did John put in the holes he dug at Halloween?
(a) Flashing lights.
(b) Fake corpses.
(c) Friends dressed as zombies.
(d) Flash powder.

13. What does John say he preferred?
(a) Leading the other children in their play.
(b) Playing closely with one other friend.
(c) Playing alone with his toys.
(d) Playing in team sports.

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

15. What does John say he can now see about his mother?
(a) That she was insane.
(b) That she was menopausal.
(c) That she was having a nervous breakdown.
(d) That she was unhappy in her marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John characterize his relationship with his parents?

2. What story did John get some insight into at this time?

3. Where did John get a job?

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

5. What was the ultimate explanation for the vehicle in the woods?

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