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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johnny's very last entry in "The Diary" relates a trip to the public library, where he collected information on what?
(a) Liquid NH3.
(b) Liquid H2O.
(c) Liquid Helium.
(d) Cancer.

2. Johnny Gunther is buried in what city in New York?
(a) Hartsdale.
(b) New York.
(c) Montauk.
(d) Jackson.

3. 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) Adopted.
(b) Accepted at Yale.
(c) Accepted at Harvard.
(d) Accepted at Princeton.

4. What provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom?
(a) Quantum field theory.
(b) Constructive physics.
(c) Electrical physics.
(d) Atomic physics.

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

6. On what date was Johnny cleared to go home in Chapter 5?
(a) May 15.
(b) September 10.
(c) May 12.
(d) March 12.

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

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

9. In Chapter 5, just before Johnny became critically ill, he and his father discussed books and writing and talked about going to the country on what day?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

10. Who was a teacher who drove down from Deerfield to spend a day with Johnny while he was ill?
(a) Mr. Montgomery.
(b) Mr. Hall.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Mr. Boyden.

11. Johnny wrote to his parents that he had identified how many alloys or metals in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

12. What happened to the lump on Johnny's head during the two weeks after the surgery in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) It split into two lumps.
(b) It became rubbery.
(c) It became soft.
(d) It became a concavity.

13. 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) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

15. Johnny's family received news that he would be able to do what in Chapter 5?
(a) Have multiple surgeries.
(b) Live to be 25.
(c) Graduate with his class.
(d) Go to Carnegie Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Aftermath," the author reprints how many letters from doctors who expressed their sympathies and regret for the unfulfilled promise Johnny had?

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

3. In Johnny's letters to his parents in "A Few More of His Letters," he mentioned doing what exercises daily?

4. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" showed Johnny's interest in what?

5. Who did Frances go to visit to escape the stress for a while in Chapter 5?

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