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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Gunther family doctor in the book?
(a) Dr. Traeger.
(b) Dr. Johnson.
(c) Dr. Gerson.
(d) Dr. Hahn.

2. Where in Connecticut did Johnny's family live after leaving Europe?
(a) Clifton.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Jamestown.

3. When was John Gunther's Inside U.S.A. published?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1919.

4. 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?
(a) MRI.
(b) C-Scan.
(c) Spinal tap.
(d) Lobotomy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability?

2. The first operation Johnny underwent took how long in Chapter 1?

3. When Johnny left the Neurological Institute, he had to stay in an apartment where in Chapter 2?

4. According to a camp counselor from when he was young, Johnny was very what?

5. Johnny underwent x-ray treatment until what date, when they stopped the treatment because of the danger of killing off tissue and causing white blood cells to deteriorate, in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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