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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to indication of future excellence or achievement?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Regard.
(c) Confluence.
(d) Promise.

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

3. On what date was Johnny so tired he could barely get out of the bathtub in Chapter 5?
(a) June 4.
(b) July 10.
(c) June 30.
(d) June 24.

4. Johnny died how long after he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 15 months.

5. What is a chronic skin disease common in adolescence, involving inflammation of the sebaceous glands and characterized by pustules on the face, neck, and upper trunk?
(a) Scabies.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Acne.
(d) Polio.

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

7. 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 rubbery.
(b) It split into two lumps.
(c) It became a concavity.
(d) It became soft.

8. When did Pierre Lecomte du Nouy die?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

9. Based on Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters," Johnny's parents were where in 1937 and 1938?
(a) Germany.
(b) The Far East.
(c) England.
(d) France.

10. 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) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

11. Who told Johnny's family that Johnny was dying in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Masson.
(b) Dr. Johnson.
(c) Dr. Traeger.
(d) Dr. Hahn.

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

13. Henry DeWolf Smyth was a commissioner on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1949 to when?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

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

15. What part of Johnny's body was clumsy and wouldn't open properly when he returned home in Chapter 5?
(a) His right leg.
(b) His right hand.
(c) His left hand.
(d) His left leg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Johnny's letters from 1937 and 1938 in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal that he was intrigued by his first view of what?

3. How does the author describe the weather when Johnny died in "Aftermath"?

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

5. When Johnny returned home in Chapter 5, he stayed relatively well for a while, although it was increasingly difficult for him in regard to what?

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