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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did John Gunther publish in 1944?
(a) The Golden Fleece.
(b) The Red Pavilion.
(c) The Lost City.
(d) D-Day.

2. In Chapter 5, in an attempt to cheer Johnny up, his father told him an outright lie, telling Johnny that he had been what?
(a) Accepted at Harvard.
(b) Adopted.
(c) Accepted at Princeton.
(d) Accepted at Yale.

3. When did Johnny's parents establish a regular routine for visitation in Chapter 3?
(a) Autumn, 1946.
(b) Summer, 1947.
(c) Spring, 1945.
(d) Winter, 1946.

4. 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?
(a) Geology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Meteorology.

5. What was the cause of Johnny's debilitating illness during his teen years?
(a) Autism.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) Lukemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny was interested in music, especially what type of instruments?

2. In Chapter 4, Johnny's tumor was growing very rapidly, and it was even invading Johnny's what?

3. What is the field of physics that is primarily concerned with the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus and the processes by which these arrangements change?

4. What was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb?

5. What day was Johnny's birthday?

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