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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 3 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

2. What book of Pierre Lecomte du Nouy's did Johnny read shortly before his death?
(a) Human Reward.
(b) Afterward Calling.
(c) Human Destiny.
(d) Ancient Science.

3. When did Henry DeWolf Smyth die?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1945.

4. When was a TV movie made based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1969.

5. Johnny was hospitalized once again on what date in Chapter 5, being then discharged and having two or three good days during which he went out to films and spent time with friends?
(a) May 27.
(b) June 27.
(c) June 12.
(d) June 4.

6. 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?
(a) A music studio.
(b) A theater.
(c) A political rally.
(d) A science laboratory.

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

8. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he decided to make his own what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Violin.
(d) Flute.

9. Deerfield is a town located in what county?
(a) Jefferson County.
(b) Franklin County.
(c) Bucks County.
(d) Douglass County.

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

11. At what hospital did Johnny die?
(a) The Neurological Institute.
(b) Kings Hospital.
(c) Jefferson Hospital.
(d) Memorial Hospital.

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

13. In "Aftermath," the author reprints how many letters from doctors who expressed their sympathies and regret for the unfulfilled promise Johnny had?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

14. In Chapter 5, Johnny's father wrote that when was one of the best days Johnny had since he first became ill?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

15. What was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb?
(a) The Allied Report.
(b) The Manhattan Report.
(c) The Smyth Report.
(d) The DeWolf Report.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Johnny when he enjoyed taking chemistry and was making models of atoms in "A Few More of His Letters"?

3. Who played Johnny Gunther in the TV movie based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?

4. 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?

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

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