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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 soft.
(b) It became a concavity.
(c) It split into two lumps.
(d) It became rubbery.

2. How old was Johnny when he died?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

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

4. In Chapter 5, just before Johnny became critically ill, he and his father discussed books and writing and talked about going to the country on what day?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. When was Max Gerson born?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1802.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Johnny's death?

2. What was Mary's last name in the book?

3. What refers to the business of conveying people, goods, etc.?

4. When was a TV movie made based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?

5. In Chapter 4, the surgeon had gone how deep into Johnny's brain but had never penetrated to healthy brain tissue?

(see the answer key)

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