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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreword to Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John Gunther had what profession when Johnny was growing up?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Painter.
(d) Architect.

3. Johnny moved to where for the summer in Chapter 2, where he had a workshop and laboratory in the garage?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Paris.

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

5. What refers to the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate?
(a) Biology.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Radiology.
(d) Meteorology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Johnny's first surgery was over, his parents were informed that the tumor was the size of what?

2. What refers to the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing?

3. Where was Johnny conceived?

4. Who was the Gunther family doctor in the book?

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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