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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Geology.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Meteorology.

2. Johnny's parents lied to Johnny, telling him that his tumor was what in Chapter 1?
(a) Growing.
(b) Dead.
(c) Smaller.
(d) Bigger.

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

4. In the end of Chapter 3, Johnny's parents had to inform Johnny that he would not be going back where?
(a) To Connecticut.
(b) To school.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To New York.

5. Where is Deerfield Academy located?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

6. What refers to the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells?
(a) Radiation therapy.
(b) Paleontific therarpy.
(c) Hydrogen therapy.
(d) Atomic therapy.

7. Johnny had at least how many doctors treat him before he died?
(a) 10.
(b) 32.
(c) 52.
(d) 100.

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

9. What was the name of Johnny's mother?
(a) Jane.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Frances.
(d) Sarah.

10. Who is the narrator of "Death Be Not Proud"?
(a) James Gunther.
(b) Frances Gunther.
(c) John Gunther.
(d) Johnny Gunther.

11. Following Johnny's first operation in Chapter 1, he dictated a letter to whom regarding some thoughts he had?
(a) Dr. Anderson.
(b) Jackson Pollack.
(c) Professor Einstein.
(d) Dr. Medlin.

12. Max Gerson immigrated to the United States in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1942.

13. What refers to the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil?
(a) Hydroponics.
(b) Agroponics.
(c) Helioponics.
(d) Aeroponics.

14. What is the most common and most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in humans?
(a) Metastatic tumor.
(b) Glioblastoma multiforme.
(c) Brainstem glioma.
(d) Stereotactic tumor.

15. "Death Be Not Proud" takes its name from Holy Sonnet X by whom?
(a) Homer.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) John Donne.
(d) Alexander Pope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What American born Canadian neurosurgeon did Johnny see for treatment?

3. When Johnny left the Neurological Institute, he had to stay in an apartment where in Chapter 2?

4. The first operation Johnny underwent took how long in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 4, as the bump was growing once again, Johnny's doctors and parents decided to treat it with what?

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