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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings did Johnny have?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. 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.

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

4. In "Aftermath," Johnny's family was told that what would be very important to the neurological institutes in the world because it was so unique that Johnny remained so well up to the very end?
(a) Johnny's brain samples.
(b) Johnny's memoir.
(c) Johnny's DNA.
(d) The slides from Johnny's brain.

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

6. Johnny was how old when he wrote about going to an observatory and asked his father to send him his chemistry books?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

7. When was Pierre Lecomte du Nouy born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1912.

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

9. In "The Diary", Johnny mentioned that he discussed fears of death with whom?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

10. How does the author describe the weather when Johnny died in "Aftermath"?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Windy.

11. 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.

12. When did John Gunther die?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

13. 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 became rubbery.
(d) It split into two lumps.

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

15. After Johnny died, Frances had a hard time facing all the things that he used to love and remembered how he had especially loved his what?
(a) Catching mitt.
(b) Football.
(c) Horse saddle.
(d) Chem lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hospital did Johnny die?

2. Johnny died how long after he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor?

3. Johnny had difficulty with what elements of his attire after returning home in Chapter 5?

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

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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