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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John come to believe about dogs?

3. What happened after Jim gave the firemen this advice?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John like about being a clown?

2. Why was the winter of 1978 good for John?

3. Describe John's work as a sound engineer.

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

5. Describe the catastrophe Jim Boughton and John created.

6. Describe John's relation with Chris.

7. What does John say he does to avoid his parents' troubles?

8. What was the result of John's father's drinking?

9. What was John's relationship with Porsches after this first encounter?

10. Describe John Robison as a child.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you could resemble John Robison in one way, what trait of his would you chose to resemble? Why not other traits?

Essay Topic 2

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 3

John describes a lot of interesting characters in "Look Me in the Eye". Who is the most interesting character John describes, and what is unique and interesting about John's characterization of this person? How does John use language to bring out the person's uniqueness?

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