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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1939, Johnny's letters highlighted his interest in what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) English literature.
(b) Football.
(c) Painting.
(d) Music.

2. Johnny wrote to his parents that he had identified how many alloys or metals in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. What happened to the lump on Johnny's head during the two weeks after the surgery in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) It became rubbery.
(b) It split into two lumps.
(c) It became soft.
(d) It became a concavity.

4. Deerfield is a town located in what county?
(a) Douglass County.
(b) Bucks County.
(c) Jefferson County.
(d) Franklin County.

5. Where did Johnny's family return after Johnny's graduation in Chapter 5?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Japan.

6. In "The Diary", Johnny wrote that he had decided to accept death without what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Detachment.
(d) Crying.

7. Johnny had difficulty with what elements of his attire after returning home in Chapter 5?
(a) Shirt and pants.
(b) Shoelaces and belt.
(c) Pants and socks.
(d) Necktie and hat.

8. Johnny's letters from 1937 and 1938 in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal that he was intrigued by his first view of what?
(a) A science laboratory.
(b) A political rally.
(c) A music studio.
(d) A theater.

9. Johnny Gunther is buried on the second floor of the Mausoleum of what cemetery?
(a) Champs Elise Cemetery.
(b) Ferncliff Cemetery.
(c) Jackson Smith Cemetery.
(d) Rose Hill Cemetery.

10. Henry DeWolf Smyth was the chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton University from 1935 until when?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1962.

11. Who did Frances go to visit to escape the stress for a while in Chapter 5?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

12. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he wanted his parents to send him what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) A flute.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A violin.
(d) A chemistry set.

13. On what date did Johnny have another bout of amnesia and began to have problems regulating his temperature in Chapter 5?
(a) May 27.
(b) June 12.
(c) June 4.
(d) June 27.

14. What was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb?
(a) The DeWolf Report.
(b) The Allied Report.
(c) The Smyth Report.
(d) The Manhattan Report.

15. In "Aftermath," Johnny's family was told that what would be very important to the neurological institutes in the world because it was so unique that Johnny remained so well up to the very end?
(a) Johnny's brain samples.
(b) Johnny's DNA.
(c) Johnny's memoir.
(d) The slides from Johnny's brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a piece of music in which a refrain is repeated between episodes and often constitutes the form of the last movement of a sonata or concerto?

2. How old was Johnny when he started taking geology classes and found them very interesting in "A Few More of His Letters"?

3. When did John Gunther die?

4. Johnny's family received news that he would be able to do what in Chapter 5?

5. At what time did Johnny die?

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