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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what month had Johnny passed the English examination for school in Chapter 4?
(a) August.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) April.

2. What is the most common and most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in humans?
(a) Brainstem glioma.
(b) Metastatic tumor.
(c) Glioblastoma multiforme.
(d) Stereotactic tumor.

3. What refers to the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force?
(a) Biology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Meteorology.

4. What color were Johnny's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

5. Johnny's parents lied to Johnny, telling him that his tumor was what in Chapter 1?
(a) Bigger.
(b) Growing.
(c) Dead.
(d) Smaller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day was Johnny's birthday?

2. Within how much time at Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home did Johnny begin to show improvement in Chapter 3?

3. When was Max Gerson born?

4. What American born Canadian neurosurgeon did Johnny see for treatment?

5. When Johnny's first surgery was over, his parents were informed that the tumor was the size of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interests drew Johnny as a young boy, according to the author in the Foreword?

2. How is the author of "Death Be Not Proud" related to the central figure in the memoir? What subject does the book revolve around?

3. What information did Johnny's family receive after his surgery in Chapter 4? How did Johnny recover from the operation?

4. When was Johnny first sent to the infirmary in Chapter 1? Why?

5. What was Johnny's condition like when he entered Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home in Chapter 3? How was his recovery there?

6. How does the author describe Johnny's intelligence and temperament in the Foreword of the book?

7. How did Johnny's family react to the conflict between doctors in Chapter 3? What compromise was met?

8. How were Johnny's Christmas and Spring visits home described in Chapter 1?

9. Describe Johnny's first operation. When did it take place and where? What was the objective of the operation?

10. What reason does John Gunther give for writing "Death Be Not Proud" in the Foreword of the book?

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