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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 what state was Johnny when he died in the hospital?
(a) Hypnotized.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Jovial.

2. Who wrote a letter to Johnny's family after his death saying, "for such there must be an immortality which we who tinker at the body may guess at but not understand"?
(a) Arthur Hill.
(b) Wilder Penfield.
(c) Robby Benson.
(d) James Archer.

3. Who played Johnny Gunther in the TV movie based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?
(a) Anthony Hall.
(b) Robby Benson.
(c) James Archer.
(d) Arthur Hill.

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

5. 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?
(a) Johnny's memoir.
(b) Johnny's brain samples.
(c) Johnny's DNA.
(d) The slides from Johnny's brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1939, Johnny's letters highlighted his interest in what in "A Few More of His Letters"?

3. 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?

4. What is a chronic skin disease common in adolescence, involving inflammation of the sebaceous glands and characterized by pustules on the face, neck, and upper trunk?

5. Who told Johnny's family that Johnny was dying in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interests were revealed in letters from 1939 in "A Few More of His Letters"?

2. How did Johnny describe his operations and treatment in "A Few More of His Letters"?

3. Who encouraged Johnny to keep a diary in "The Diary"? What is revealed in his diary?

4. What did the surgeons tell Johnny's family would be helpful for the medical community in "Aftermath"?

5. What did Johnny write to his mother about when he was sixteen in "A Few More of His Letters"?

6. What led to Johnny's father calling Frances on June 27 in Chapter 5?

7. How did Johnny feel about his illness during his hospitalization in June 12 in Chapter 5?

8. How does Gunther describe the weather at Johnny's funeral in "Aftermath"?

9. How was Johnny's recovery after his operation progressing in the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. Describe Johnny's graduation in Chapter 5. How was Johnny received by his peers?

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