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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. What word means quiet, inactive, or dormant?
(a) Intrinsic.
(b) Callibraic.
(c) Rampant.
(d) Quiescent.

2. What means vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.?
(a) Immutability.
(b) Haze.
(c) Craze.
(d) Confluence.

3. What word means to have an effect on; influence; alter?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Impact.

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

5. 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) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the weather when Johnny died in "Aftermath"?

2. What happened to the lump on Johnny's head during the two weeks after the surgery in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. What refers to the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells?

5. Johnny moved to where for the summer in Chapter 2, where he had a workshop and laboratory in the garage?

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