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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Diary", the author explains that Johnny kept a diary at whose suggestion?
(a) Dr. Medfield's.
(b) John's.
(c) Dr. Traeger's.
(d) Frances'.

2. Who did Frances go to visit to escape the stress for a while in Chapter 5?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

3. When was Henry DeWolf Smyth born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1852.

4. Who played John Gunther in the TV movie based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?
(a) Michael Williams.
(b) Arthur Hill.
(c) James Archer.
(d) Robby Benson.

5. 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?
(a) Solario.
(b) Syllogism.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Rondo.

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

7. 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) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

11. Johnny's mother was of what religion?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Jewish.

12. Johnny's graduation date was when in Chapter 5?
(a) June 12.
(b) June 4.
(c) May 27.
(d) June 27.

13. How old was Johnny when he was learning to do parallel crises and was working on improving his grades in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

15. In 1939, Johnny's letters highlighted his interest in what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Music.
(c) English literature.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny's very last entry in "The Diary" relates a trip to the public library, where he collected information on what?

2. Henry DeWolf Smyth was the chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton University from 1935 until when?

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

4. What caused Johnny's death?

5. When was "Death Be Not Proud" first published?

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