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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to John's mother after she separated from John's father?
(a) She moved away and he never heard from her.
(b) She married another man.
(c) She went back to school for a nursing degree.
(d) She started to date younger women.

2. Which rock band did John NOT work with?
(a) Judas Priest.
(b) Blondie.
(c) Journey.
(d) Talking Heads.

3. What symptoms did John develop during this time?
(a) Suicidal tendencies.
(b) Nervous tics.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Seizures.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was missing from the thing John and his friends found in the woods?

3. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?

4. How was John spending his time when he was sixteen?

5. What did John score on the GED exam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jim Boughton's secret project?

2. Describe John's departure from high school.

3. Describe John's attempts to act normal.

4. Describe John's first encounter with a Porsche.

5. Describe the beginning of John's career in electronics.

6. What did John like about being a clown?

7. What was inappropriate about John's smiling at his mother's friend Betsy's news?

8. Describe John's parents' relationship.

9. What problems does John say he had playing with other children?

10. Describe John Robison as a child.

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