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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

2. What refers to a sudden attack, as of epilepsy or some other disease?
(a) Seizure.
(b) Displacia.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Alzheimer's.

3. When Johnny was put in the infirmary for a stiff neck in Chapter 1, there was what kind of scare at the school?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Polio.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. When was John Gunther born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1947.

5. When did John Gunther die?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Things were looking good for Johnny in Chapter 4 until the end of what month?

2. Johnny came home for Spring Holiday in March of what year when his parents took him on several outings in Chapter 1?

3. In "Aftermath," the author reprints how many letters from doctors who expressed their sympathies and regret for the unfulfilled promise Johnny had?

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?

5. What word means quiet, inactive, or dormant?

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