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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't John do what the other guys on the road crew wanted him to do?
(a) Because he had a girlfriend.
(b) Because he was stubborn.
(c) Because he was a prude.
(d) Because he was afraid of getting addicted.

2. What did John do when he arrived in Orlando for the "Return of KISS" tour?
(a) See Little Bear.
(b) Install the rockets in the guitars.
(c) Take drugs.
(d) Check the guitars.

3. Where did John meet Chris when Chris said that it was urgent to talk to John?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

4. How many times was John's uncle Bob married?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. What was John's reaction to taking drugs and alcohol?
(a) He liked it so much it made him afraid.
(b) He didn't like it.
(c) He got addicted instantly.
(d) He had a violent reaction against it.

6. How does John say he was seen in the corporate world?
(a) A sap whose work could be appropriated.
(b) Rude and inconsiderate.
(c) A brilliant problem-solver.
(d) A team player.

7. How does John characterize T.R. Rosenberg?
(a) His twin.
(b) Similar to John for his aloofness, but more articulate.
(c) His exact opposite.
(d) A complement to John's personality, with social strengths and no math skills.

8. What did John conclude from this prank going awry?
(a) That self-management was preferable to corporate management.
(b) That workers were better managers than management.
(c) That management was not superior to workers.
(d) That management was a higher class than workers.

9. What was John's nickname for his wife?
(a) Lady K.
(b) Little Bear.
(c) Sweet Thing.
(d) Honey.

10. What criticism does John make of people's decisions to marry?
(a) He says that people spend more attention on choosing a car than a mate.
(b) He says that people are often blinded to each other's faults until it's too late.
(c) He says that people can never see what is obvious to everyone else around them.
(d) He says that marriage can only work when people decide to act more like machines than like people.

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

12. Why was John stressed by losing his job at Simplex?
(a) Little Bear was not working, and he was the only breadwinner.
(b) He was angry because he felt he had been framed for poor performance.
(c) He had received such poor reviews he was afraid he would never find another job.
(d) He felt betrayed by management.

13. Why does John say he decided to move back to Amherst?
(a) To get away from his first wife.
(b) To take a new job.
(c) To be close to his son.
(d) To move in with his parents.

14. How does John characterize his son's development?
(a) Variable--it depended on the day.
(b) Tending toward full-blown autism.
(c) Normal and healthy.
(d) Tending toward Aspergers.

15. What did John expect would happen because of his prank?
(a) That management would lose confidence in one of his co-workers.
(b) Someone would be embarrassed by reporting the substance.
(c) Someone would be seriously cut up by the razor.
(d) That his co-workers would become paranoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story did John tell Chris in answer to his emergency?

2. How does John characterize his second wife's effect on him?

3. What was John afraid of after his son's birth?

4. What job did John take that made him feel like he was fitting into the normal world?

5. In what way were machines unlike friends, according to John?

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