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

2. 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 Yale.
(b) Accepted at Princeton.
(c) Accepted at Harvard.
(d) Adopted.

3. Who did Frances go to visit to escape the stress for a while in Chapter 5?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. Johnny was how old when he wrote about going to an observatory and asked his father to send him his chemistry books?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. What is a property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force?
(a) Surface tension.
(b) Cohesion.
(c) Popular density.
(d) Atomic density.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what hospital did Johnny die?

3. 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?

4. Deerfield is a town located in what county?

5. During his brief life, Johnny had discovered a new way to liquefy what compound?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Gunther describe Johnny's emotional state on the Sunday before he died in Chapter 5?

2. When was the first letter written in "A Few More of His Letters"? What perspective do the letters lend?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What letters are described by the author in "Aftermath"? What did the author seek to understand after the funeral?

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

10. How was Johnny's illness and the progression of his illness unusual for the type of cancer that he had?

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