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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Fugue.
(b) Solario.
(c) Syllogism.
(d) Rondo.

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, just before Johnny became critically ill, he and his father discussed books and writing and talked about going to the country on what day?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

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

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

7. At what time did Johnny die?
(a) 10:10 p.m.
(b) 12:01 a.m.
(c) 11:02 p.m.
(d) 4:10 a.m.

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

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

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

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

12. In Johnny's letters to his parents in "A Few More of His Letters," he mentioned doing what exercises daily?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Mind.
(c) Eye.
(d) Coordination.

13. 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 DeWolf Report.
(b) The Manhattan Report.
(c) The Allied Report.
(d) The Smyth Report.

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

15. 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 science laboratory.
(b) A political rally.
(c) A theater.
(d) A music studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the lump on Johnny's head during the two weeks after the surgery in the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

3. On what date was Johnny cleared to go home in Chapter 5?

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?

5. What caused Johnny's death?

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