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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the girl Johnny was romantically interested in, as revealed in Chapter 4?
2. What color were Johnny's eyes?
3. By what month had Johnny passed the English examination for school in Chapter 4?
4. 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.?
5. Where did Johnny's family vacation when he was very young?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were Johnny's Christmas and Spring visits home described in Chapter 1?
2. What interests did Johnny develop as he grew older, according to the author in the Foreword?
3. How did Johnny act during his treatment in Chapter 1? What was his prognosis at this point?
4. What does the author write of Johnny's bad moods in Chapter 3?
5. What reason does John Gunther give for writing "Death Be Not Proud" in the Foreword of the book?
6. How does the author describe Johnny in the Foreword? What qualities did Johnny exhibit?
7. What were Johnny's parents informed after his first operation in Chapter 1? How did Johnny recover from the surgery?
8. What interactions with others did Johnny have while at Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home in Chapter 3?
9. When were Johnny's parents informed that he might have a brain tumor? What did they do upon hearing the news?
10. What was Johnny's condition like when he entered Dr. Gerson's Nursing Home in Chapter 3? How was his recovery there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of Johnny's cancer on his family and doctors during the winter of 1946/47. How did Johnny feel about the different treatment options being discussed?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Johnny's ambitions in education in the narrative. Why did Johnny hope to attend Harvard? How successful was Johnny at Deerfield Academy?
Essay Topic 3
Identify and analyze the narrative style of the book and the examples of foreshadowing presented in Chapter 1. In what tense and person is the book written?
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