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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. Would would Doug do when John Robison was playing?

2. What had Jim Boughton made from scratch?

3. What story did John get some insight into at this time?

4. What did John's grandfather let him do?

5. How did Jim start a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John's habit of digging holes.

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

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

4. Describe the deterioration of John's parents' marriage in chapter 7,

5. Describe John's mechanical abilities.

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

7. Describe the catastrophe Jim Boughton and John created.

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

9. What story does John say he told the proud parents whose children would be going to Harvard and Smith?

10. Describe John's relation with Chris.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate "Look Me in the Eye"--did you resist the story, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Debate the proposition that Asperger's syndrome made John's life much more interesting and meaningful than it would have been without it.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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