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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the tumor were the doctors able to remove during Johnny's first operation in Chapter 1?
(a) One fourth.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) One half.
(d) One third.

2. What American born Canadian neurosurgeon did Johnny see for treatment?
(a) Lester Mount.
(b) Max Gerson.
(c) Wilder Penfield.
(d) Dr. Masson.

3. In Chapter 3, Johnny showed how much he cared about other people when he apologized for being too much trouble due to what event in the middle of the night?
(a) A seizure.
(b) An aneurism.
(c) A headache.
(d) A nosebleed.

4. In Chapter 3, Johnny kept good spirits, even though he was tiring more easily, and he was having difficulty with the motor skills of what?
(a) His left leg.
(b) His right leg.
(c) His right hand.
(d) His left hand.

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

6. 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) Biology.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Meteorology.
(d) Geology.

7. Where did Johnny's family move when he was six-years-old?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

8. After Johnny's first operation in Chapter 1, he made a remarkable recovery, despite the fact that he couldn't open his eyes for how long?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

9. When did Johnny Gunther die?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1937.

10. After his surgery at the end of Chapter 4, Johnny recovered quickly, and he was talking to everyone on what date?
(a) May 2.
(b) March 2.
(c) September 1.
(d) October 4.

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

12. After his first operation in Chapter 1, Johnny wrote a prayer that he called what?
(a) "Believer's Prayer".
(b) "Song of Sorrow".
(c) "Unbeliever's Prayer".
(d) "Tomorrow's Prayer".

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

14. Johnny came home for Spring Holiday in March of what year when his parents took him on several outings in Chapter 1?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1947.

15. What refers to the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter?
(a) Physics.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Meteorology.
(d) Radiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. "Death Be Not Proud" takes its name from Holy Sonnet X by whom?

3. What is the most common and most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in humans?

4. 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?

5. Where was Max Gerson born?

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