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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johnny saw another specialist when in Chapter 4 who offered some hope?
(a) June 1, 1947.
(b) April 25, 1947.
(c) April 12, 1947.
(d) May 10, 1946.

2. What was the cause of Johnny's debilitating illness during his teen years?
(a) Autism.
(b) Lukemia.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) Emphysema.

3. Johnny when to the Medical Center on what street in New York City for surgeries?
(a) East 14th Street.
(b) Broadway.
(c) West 168th Street.
(d) Columbus Avenue.

4. What American born Canadian neurosurgeon did Johnny see for treatment?
(a) Lester Mount.
(b) Dr. Masson.
(c) Wilder Penfield.
(d) Max Gerson.

5. When Johnny was a few months old, the family moved where?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Vienna.

6. What refers to the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil?
(a) Helioponics.
(b) Agroponics.
(c) Hydroponics.
(d) Aeroponics.

7. What school had John Gunther attended for his high school education?
(a) Winston Academy.
(b) Deerfield Academy.
(c) Boston Arts Academy.
(d) Norfolk Academy.

8. Max Gerson immigrated to the United States in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1936.

9. What color were Johnny's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Brown.

10. What refers to the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells?
(a) Paleontific therarpy.
(b) Hydrogen therapy.
(c) Atomic therapy.
(d) Radiation therapy.

11. In Chapter 4, as the bump was growing once again, Johnny's doctors and parents decided to treat it with what?
(a) Physical exercise.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Hormones.
(d) Diet.

12. When did Johnny's parents establish a regular routine for visitation in Chapter 3?
(a) Summer, 1947.
(b) Spring, 1945.
(c) Winter, 1946.
(d) Autumn, 1946.

13. What term refers to a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability?
(a) Prodigy.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Migrant.
(d) Saliency.

14. In the end of Chapter 3, Johnny's parents had to inform Johnny that he would not be going back where?
(a) To New York.
(b) To Connecticut.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To school.

15. The first operation Johnny underwent took how long in Chapter 1?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Gunther attend college?

2. What refers to the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition?

3. Johnny filled out his application for college and took the college board exams on what date?

4. How much of the tumor were the doctors able to remove during Johnny's first operation in Chapter 1?

5. What is a diagnostic, and at times therapeutic, procedure that is performed in order to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis?

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