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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johnny wrote to his parents that he had identified how many alloys or metals in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" was written when Johnny was how old?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

3. Johnny's graduation date was when in Chapter 5?
(a) June 27.
(b) June 4.
(c) June 12.
(d) May 27.

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

5. Johnny was hospitalized once again on what date in Chapter 5, being then discharged and having two or three good days during which he went out to films and spent time with friends?
(a) May 27.
(b) June 27.
(c) June 12.
(d) June 4.

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

7. What was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb?
(a) The DeWolf Report.
(b) The Smyth Report.
(c) The Manhattan Report.
(d) The Allied Report.

8. In Chapter 5, Johnny's father wrote that when was one of the best days Johnny had since he first became ill?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

9. What refers to indication of future excellence or achievement?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Promise.
(c) Regard.
(d) Confluence.

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

11. What is the third chapter of Part Two titled?
(a) "Aftermath."
(b) "Afterward."
(c) "A Word from Frances".
(d) "The Diary."

12. What part of Johnny's body was clumsy and wouldn't open properly when he returned home in Chapter 5?
(a) His left hand.
(b) His right hand.
(c) His right leg.
(d) His left leg.

13. In Chapter 5, just before Johnny became critically ill, he and his father discussed books and writing and talked about going to the country on what day?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

14. After his first operation, Johnny wrote to some school friends describing his hospital stay and explained that they had to drill three holes into his skull in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

15. Based on Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters," Johnny's parents were where in 1937 and 1938?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) The Far East.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of Pierre Lecomte du Nouy's did Johnny read shortly before his death?

2. Johnny's family drove to Deerfield on what date in Chapter 5?

3. How does the author describe the weather at Johnny's funeral in "Aftermath"?

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

5. In Chapter 5, in an attempt to cheer Johnny up, his father told him an outright lie, telling Johnny that he had been what?

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