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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and Aftermath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, although Johnny's strength was better, the bump began to get worse, becoming two bumps and then what?
(a) Soft.
(b) Hard.
(c) Ruptured.
(d) Rubbery.

2. When did the author receive notice from the school that their son had a stiff neck and was in the infirmary in Chapter 1?
(a) October, 1946.
(b) April, 1946.
(c) March, 1940.
(d) September, 1945.

3. What caused Johnny's death?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Brain aneurism.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cerebral hemorrhage.

4. When was John Gunther's Inside U.S.A. published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1947.

5. What happened to the lump on Johnny's head during the two weeks after the surgery in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) It became a concavity.
(b) It became rubbery.
(c) It became soft.
(d) It split into two lumps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Johnny working to strengthen his eye problems in Chapter 1?

2. Who wrote a letter to Johnny's family after his death saying, "for such there must be an immortality which we who tinker at the body may guess at but not understand"?

3. Johnny came home for Spring Holiday in March of what year when his parents took him on several outings in Chapter 1?

4. Who was the girl Johnny was romantically interested in, as revealed in Chapter 4?

5. What refers to the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil?

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