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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. How does John characterize his way of choosing names for people and pets?
(a) He chose names that made sense.
(b) He chose names that he associated with people's or pets' traits.
(c) He chose names of animals that resembled the person.
(d) He chose names that sounded right.

2. What did John find for work when he was not on tour?
(a) He sold drugs.
(b) He designed sound systems for nightclubs.
(c) He built computers.
(d) He installed surveillance cameras.

3. What did John do to make sure that the thing he was afraid of did not come about?
(a) He called the doctor every time anything looked amiss.
(b) He gave Jack a tattoo.
(c) He sat with the doctor and nurses all the time.
(d) He made a note of the numbers on Jack's hospital bracelet.

4. Who is Tony Atwood?
(a) The man who coined Asperger's syndrome.
(b) The doctor who diagnosed John's Asperger's syndrome.
(c) The author of "Asperger's syndrome."
(d) The man who gave John the book "Asperger's Syndrome."

5. What did John believe about his work at Milton Bradley?
(a) He would become rich.
(b) It would change the world.
(c) He would be famous.
(d) He would be exploited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prank did John pull with a razor?

2. What was the reward that signaled John's success?

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

4. Why does John say machines appeal to him?

5. How many jobs did John move through in the six years after he married Little Bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John get from his job as a sound and lighting engineer?

2. Describe John's feelings about working in a corporation.

3. How does John characterize people with Asperger's syndrome?

4. What does John say is the difference between people and machines, for him?

5. Describe the birth of John's son.

6. What does John say about his relationships while he was on the road?

7. What reason does John give for moving back to Amherst?

8. Describe the conditions under which John flew first-class for the band.

9. What is Chris' living situation while John is touring with rock bands?

10. What metaphor does John use to describe what it feels like to be an Aspergian?

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