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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?
(a) Motor skills.
(b) Reading ability.
(c) Math skills.
(d) Memory.

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

5. 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) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

6. 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) Horse saddle.
(b) Chem lab.
(c) Catching mitt.
(d) Football.

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

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

9. Johnny had difficulty with what elements of his attire after returning home in Chapter 5?
(a) Shoelaces and belt.
(b) Pants and socks.
(c) Necktie and hat.
(d) Shirt and pants.

10. 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) Atomic physics.
(c) Constructive physics.
(d) Electrical physics.

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

12. Johnny Gunther is buried on the second floor of the Mausoleum of what cemetery?
(a) Champs Elise Cemetery.
(b) Rose Hill Cemetery.
(c) Ferncliff Cemetery.
(d) Jackson Smith Cemetery.

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

14. In one letter to his father in "A Few More of His Letters," Johnny commented on how the physics teacher had told the class that if the students spent how much a night on their subject, they would do all right?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Johnny's death?

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

3. Based on Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters," Johnny's parents were where in 1937 and 1938?

4. In what state was Johnny when he died in the hospital?

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

(see the answer keys)

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