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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. Johnny wrote to his parents that he had identified how many alloys or metals in "A Few More of His Letters"?
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?
3. Johnny's family received news that he would be able to do what in Chapter 5?
4. What provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom?
5. Who played Johnny Gunther in the TV movie based on the narrative from "Death Be Not Proud"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gunther describe the weather at Johnny's funeral in "Aftermath"?
2. How was Johnny's recovery after his operation progressing in the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. What is notable about Johnny's parents in the narrative? What qualities did they exhibit in the face of Johnny's illness and death?
4. What problems with motor skills did Johnny have after leaving the hospital on May 15 in Chapter 5?
5. What thoughts and themes are revealed in "A Word From Frances"?
6. What did Johnny write to this father when he was sixteen in "A Few More of His Letters"?
7. How was Johnny's illness and the progression of his illness unusual for the type of cancer that he had?
8. How did Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal his love of education?
9. When was the first letter written in "A Few More of His Letters"? What perspective do the letters lend?
10. How did Johnny feel about his illness during his hospitalization in June 12 in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss amnesia in brain cancer patients and the symptoms exhibited by Johnny in January and February of 1947. How was Johnny's cancer affecting his motor abilities at this point?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Johnny's second operation. Who was the primary surgeon? What was the goal of the surgery? What was the outcome?
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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