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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 did Frances go to visit to escape the stress for a while in Chapter 5?
2. In the poem, "Holy Sonnet X," the author writes, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and" what?
3. Henry DeWolf Smyth was a commissioner on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1949 to when?
4. In "The Diary", the author explains that Johnny kept a diary at whose suggestion?
5. In one letter to his father in "A Few More of His Letters," Johnny commented on how the physics teacher had told the class that if the students spent how much a night on their subject, they would do all right?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Johnny reading and studying in his last entries from "The Diary"?
2. What caused Johnny's death in Chapter 5? Where did he die?
3. What problems with motor skills did Johnny have after leaving the hospital on May 15 in Chapter 5?
4. When was the first letter written in "A Few More of His Letters"? What perspective do the letters lend?
5. What was the goal of Johnny's doctors and family after his graduation in Chapter 5?
6. How did Johnny describe his operations and treatment 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 thoughts and themes are revealed in "A Word From Frances"?
9. How does Gunther describe the weather at Johnny's funeral in "Aftermath"?
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 the progression of Johnny's tumor in the winter of 1946. What medically was happening to the tumor? How did doctors hope to treat it?
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
Describe Johnny's first operation. How common was this type of brain surgery during the 1940s? How successful was the treatment?
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