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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day was Johnny's birthday?
(a) July 7.
(b) November 4.
(c) September 6.
(d) January 5.

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

3. 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) 48 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 4 days.

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

5. On what date was Johnny's first operation performed in Chapter 1?
(a) July 3, 1945.
(b) September 12, 1946.
(c) April 29, 1946.
(d) April 25, 1946.

6. What term refers to a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability?
(a) Prodigy.
(b) Migrant.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Saliency.

7. What refers to the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition?
(a) Diagnosis.
(b) Experiment.
(c) Conclusion.
(d) Dianetics.

8. 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.

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

10. Johnny's diet at Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home had no salt or fat, and what were at an extreme minimum?
(a) Proteins.
(b) Sugars.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Carbohydrates.

11. By what month had Johnny passed the English examination for school in Chapter 4?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) March.

12. What refers to the loss of a large block of interrelated memories, or complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Hystronia.
(c) Displacia.
(d) Diabetes.

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

14. What doctor vehemently opposed to removing Johnny's tumor in Chapter 3, stating that the tumor was dead and that it was sloughing itself out of his head?
(a) Dr. Gerson.
(b) Dr. Masson.
(c) Dr. Mount.
(d) Dr. Hahn.

15. 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 hand.
(c) His right leg.
(d) His left hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Gunther grow up?

2. Johnny when to the Medical Center on what street in New York City for surgeries?

3. It was Johnny's goal to attend what university?

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 refers to the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter?

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