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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. In the end of Chapter 3, Johnny's parents had to inform Johnny that he would not be going back where?
(a) To Paris.
(b) To New York.
(c) To school.
(d) To Connecticut.

2. What refers to the loss of a large block of interrelated memories, or complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Hystronia.
(d) Displacia.

3. What was the cause of Johnny's debilitating illness during his teen years?
(a) A brain tumor.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Autism.
(d) Lukemia.

4. Johnny went to the Neurological Institute in what city in Chapter 1?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

5. When was Johnny Gunther born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Johnny underwent x-ray treatment until what date, when they stopped the treatment because of the danger of killing off tissue and causing white blood cells to deteriorate, in Chapter 2?

3. Max Gerson immigrated to the United States in what year?

4. When was John Gunther born?

5. "Death Be Not Proud" takes its name from Holy Sonnet X by whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When were Johnny's parents informed that he might have a brain tumor? What did they do upon hearing the news?

3. What treatment did Johnny receive at Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home in Chapter 3?

4. Where did Johnny stay after leaving the Neurological Institute in Chapter 2? Why?

5. What interactions with others did Johnny have while at Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home in Chapter 3?

6. What concerns preoccupied Johnny following his first operation in Chapter 1?

7. How does the author describe the autumn of 1946 in Chapter 3?

8. What was controversial about Dr. Gerson's form of treatment, as discussed in Chapter 3? How did Johnny feel about it?

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

10. What did a specialist recommend for Johnny's treatment in Chapter 4? How did his treatment change?

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