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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and Aftermath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Deerfield Academy located?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

2. What refers to the business of conveying people, goods, etc.?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Visitation.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Evolution.

3. Who wrote a letter to Johnny's family after his death saying, "for such there must be an immortality which we who tinker at the body may guess at but not understand"?
(a) Robby Benson.
(b) Arthur Hill.
(c) Wilder Penfield.
(d) James Archer.

4. Who is the narrator of "Death Be Not Proud"?
(a) James Gunther.
(b) Frances Gunther.
(c) John Gunther.
(d) Johnny Gunther.

5. On what date was Johnny cleared to go home in Chapter 5?
(a) March 12.
(b) September 10.
(c) May 12.
(d) May 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Johnny's first operation in Chapter 1, he made a remarkable recovery, despite the fact that he couldn't open his eyes for how long?

2. Where did Johnny's family return after Johnny's graduation in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. Johnny Gunther is buried in what city in New York?

5. On what date did Johnny's parents receive a call that a neurologist had seen their son, and they thought that Johnny had a brain tumor?

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