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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" was written when Johnny was how old?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

2. What word means to have an effect on; influence; alter?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Impact.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Interrogate.

3. In Chapter 5, Johnny's father wrote that when was one of the best days Johnny had since he first became ill?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

4. How old was Johnny when he started taking geology classes and found them very interesting in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

5. After his first operation, Johnny wrote to some school friends describing his hospital stay and explained that they had to drill three holes into his skull in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

6. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" showed Johnny's interest in what?
(a) Music.
(b) His father's work.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Poetry.

7. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he decided to make his own what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) Flute.
(b) Violin.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Trombone.

8. 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?
(a) The DeWolf Report.
(b) The Allied Report.
(c) The Manhattan Report.
(d) The Smyth Report.

9. At what time did Johnny die?
(a) 12:01 a.m.
(b) 11:02 p.m.
(c) 4:10 a.m.
(d) 10:10 p.m.

10. What is a property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force?
(a) Atomic density.
(b) Surface tension.
(c) Popular density.
(d) Cohesion.

11. What word means marked by or showing bravery or valor; heroic?
(a) Deviant.
(b) Viligant.
(c) Valiant.
(d) Adamant.

12. When was "Death Be Not Proud" first published?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

13. What means vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.?
(a) Confluence.
(b) Haze.
(c) Immutability.
(d) Craze.

14. How old was Johnny when he enjoyed taking chemistry and was making models of atoms in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

15. What was Mary's last name in the book?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Sanders.
(d) Caldwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John Gunther die?

2. In 1939, Johnny's letters highlighted his interest in what in "A Few More of His Letters"?

3. What was John Gunther's first novel titled?

4. What refers to a piece of music in which a refrain is repeated between episodes and often constitutes the form of the last movement of a sonata or concerto?

5. Who played John Gunther in the TV movie based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?

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