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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date was Johnny cleared to go home in Chapter 5?
(a) March 12.
(b) May 15.
(c) September 10.
(d) May 12.

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

4. Johnny's very last entry in "The Diary" relates a trip to the public library, where he collected information on what?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Liquid H2O.
(c) Liquid NH3.
(d) Liquid Helium.

5. How old was Johnny when he enjoyed taking chemistry and was making models of atoms in "A Few More of His Letters"?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

6. When Johnny returned home in Chapter 5, he stayed relatively well for a while, although it was increasingly difficult for him in regard to what?
(a) Motor skills.
(b) Memory.
(c) Math skills.
(d) Reading ability.

7. In Johnny's letters to his parents in "A Few More of His Letters," he mentioned doing what exercises daily?
(a) Mind.
(b) Coordination.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Eye.

8. At what time did Johnny die?
(a) 11:02 p.m.
(b) 10:10 p.m.
(c) 12:01 a.m.
(d) 4:10 a.m.

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

10. Henry DeWolf Smyth was the chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton University from 1935 until when?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

11. In "Aftermath," Johnny's family was told that what would be very important to the neurological institutes in the world because it was so unique that Johnny remained so well up to the very end?
(a) The slides from Johnny's brain.
(b) Johnny's brain samples.
(c) Johnny's memoir.
(d) Johnny's DNA.

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

13. Johnny's family received news that he would be able to do what in Chapter 5?
(a) Live to be 25.
(b) Graduate with his class.
(c) Have multiple surgeries.
(d) Go to Carnegie Hall.

14. 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) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

15. What was Mary's last name in the book?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Caldwell.
(d) Sanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a teacher who drove down from Deerfield to spend a day with Johnny while he was ill?

2. In 1939, Johnny's letters reveal that he wanted his parents to send him what in "A Few More of His Letters"?

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

4. When was Pierre Lecomte du Nouy born?

5. On what date was Johnny so tired he could barely get out of the bathtub in Chapter 5?

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