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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry DeWolf Smyth was a commissioner on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1949 to when?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1954.

2. What was John Gunther's first novel titled?
(a) The Red Pavilion.
(b) Bright Nemesis.
(c) The Lost City.
(d) Inside U.S.A.

3. Johnny Gunther is buried in what city in New York?
(a) New York.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Montauk.
(d) Hartsdale.

4. What word means marked by or showing bravery or valor; heroic?
(a) Viligant.
(b) Valiant.
(c) Adamant.
(d) Deviant.

5. When was Henry DeWolf Smyth born?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1915.

6. Deerfield is a town located in what county?
(a) Franklin County.
(b) Jefferson County.
(c) Bucks County.
(d) Douglass County.

7. When was Pierre Lecomte du Nouy born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1919.

8. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" showed Johnny's interest in what?
(a) Music.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) His father's work.

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

10. How old was Johnny when he started taking geology classes and found them very interesting in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

11. 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 Manhattan Report.
(b) The DeWolf Report.
(c) The Smyth Report.
(d) The Allied Report.

12. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he wanted his parents to send him what in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) A chemistry set.
(b) A flute.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A violin.

13. How many siblings did Johnny have?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. In "The Diary", Johnny wrote that he had decided to accept death without what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Crying.
(c) Attachment.
(d) Detachment.

15. During his brief life, Johnny had discovered a new way to liquefy what compound?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Ammonia.
(c) Radon.
(d) Cryteron.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first letter from "A Few More of His Letters" was written when Johnny was how old?

2. What provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom?

3. After Johnny died, Frances had a hard time facing all the things that he used to love and remembered how he had especially loved his what?

4. Where did Johnny's family return after Johnny's graduation in Chapter 5?

5. In "The Diary", Johnny mentioned that he discussed fears of death with whom?

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