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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was John being paid to do?
(a) Maintain sound equipment.
(b) Light carpentry and chores.
(c) Provide drugs for the band.
(d) Play guitar and sing.

2. When John was thirteen, what grade level was he working at, in building things?
(a) College.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) High school.
(d) Junior high.

3. Who is Doug?
(a) John Robison's babysitter.
(b) John Robison's teacher.
(c) John Robison's father.
(d) John Robison's playmate.

4. What story did John get some insight into at this time?
(a) Dr. Finch explained his crazy behavior.
(b) He discovered the definition of Aspergers syndrome.
(c) Mary told him why she hadn't been talking to him.
(d) His mother told him why she had separated from his father.

5. What does John say about people with Asperger's?
(a) They empathize too quickly with other people.
(b) They lack empathy.
(c) They believe they are other people beside themselves.
(d) They do not believe they are themselves.

6. How did the system John built perform?
(a) There were serious problems with his system.
(b) Better than anyone expected.
(c) There were only small glitches.
(d) Perfectly.

7. What had Jim Boughton made from scratch?
(a) A robot.
(b) A car.
(c) A smithy.
(d) A blast furnace.

8. What did John come to believe about dogs?
(a) That they could speak to him.
(b) That he had to kill them.
(c) That they could kill him.
(d) That they were afraid of him.

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

10. What allowed John to get away from home?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A motor scooter.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) A car.

11. Where did John spend the summer when he was thirteen?
(a) Florida.
(b) Maine.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

12. 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 gift for them.
(c) As a trap for thieves.
(d) As a toy and a distraction.

13. How many speakers did John end up fixing at Britro?
(a) 44.
(b) 52.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

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

15. What did Jim Boughton make with his creation?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A part for a motorcycle engine.
(c) A sculpture of arms.
(d) A robot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he taught himself?

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

3. What didn't John like about the Caribbean?

4. How did Jim start a fire?

5. What did John fantasize about, in the vehicle in the woods?

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