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

2. When was Pierre Lecomte du Nouy born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1947.

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

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

5. Johnny died how long after he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 12 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Diary", Johnny wrote that he had decided to accept death without what?

2. 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?

3. In "The Diary", Johnny mentioned that he discussed fears of death with whom?

4. What means vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.?

5. Henry DeWolf Smyth was the chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton University from 1935 until when?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is notable about Johnny's parents in the narrative? What qualities did they exhibit in the face of Johnny's illness and death?

2. What was Johnny reading and studying in his last entries from "The Diary"?

3. Why did Johnny's father tell him an outright lie in Chapter 5?

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

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

6. What did Johnny write about his medical treatments in "The Diary"?

7. What did Johnny write about in 1937 and 1938 in "A Few More of His Letters"?

8. What is revealed about the traveling of Johnny's family in "A Few More of His Letters"?

9. What interests did Johnny write about in his letters from age thirteen to fifteen in "A Few More of His Letters"?

10. How did Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal his love of education?

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