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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. How old was Johnny when he was learning to do parallel crises and was working on improving his grades in "A Few More of His Letters"?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Deerfield is a town located in what county?
5. Johnny's letters from 1937 and 1938 in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal that he was intrigued by his first view of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What letters are described by the author in "Aftermath"? What did the author seek to understand after the funeral?
2. How does John Gunther describe Johnny's emotional state on the Sunday before he died in Chapter 5?
3. How was Johnny's recovery after his operation progressing in the beginning of Chapter 5?
4. Describe Johnny's graduation in Chapter 5. How was Johnny received by his peers?
5. What interests were revealed in letters from 1939 in "A Few More of His Letters"?
6. How did Johnny's letters in "A Few More of His Letters" reveal his love of education?
7. What thoughts and themes are revealed in "A Word From Frances"?
8. What did the surgeons tell Johnny's family would be helpful for the medical community in "Aftermath"?
9. What "normal teen problems" did Johnny deal with as revealed in "A Few More of His Letters"?
10. What caused Johnny's death in Chapter 5? Where did he die?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the interests of Johnny Gunther as revealed in the book's Foreword. What inspired Johnny's interest in music and the sciences?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the world events which took place during Johnny's childhood. How exposed was Johnny to the events of World War II and what impact did they have on him?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history and effectiveness of alternative therapies in the treatment of cancer. What do the statistics indicate in terms of remission? How much reliable data is there for alternative therapies?
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