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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he wanted his parents to send him what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) A chemistry set.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A violin.
(d) A flute.

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

3. 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) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

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

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

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

7. 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) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

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

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

10. In the poem, "Holy Sonnet X," the author writes, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and" what?
(a) Tranquil.
(b) Grande.
(c) Dreadfull.
(d) Lovely.

11. What was John Gunther's first novel titled?
(a) Bright Nemesis.
(b) The Red Pavilion.
(c) The Lost City.
(d) Inside U.S.A.

12. In "The Diary", the author explains that Johnny kept a diary at whose suggestion?
(a) Dr. Medfield's.
(b) Frances'.
(c) Dr. Traeger's.
(d) John's.

13. In "The Diary", Johnny wrote that he had decided to accept death without what?
(a) Crying.
(b) Fear.
(c) Attachment.
(d) Detachment.

14. What is the field of physics that is primarily concerned with the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus and the processes by which these arrangements change?
(a) Constructive physics.
(b) Quantum physics.
(c) Electrical physics.
(d) Atomic physics.

15. 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 Yale.
(d) Accepted at Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny's mother was of what religion?

2. Johnny's family drove to Deerfield on what date in Chapter 5?

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

4. When did John Gunther die?

5. What was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

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