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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?
(a) The sound of screaming.
(b) The scent of wet wool.
(c) The sound of water splashing.
(d) The comparison of John's pain to electric eels.

2. Which of these is NOT a secret John keeps from everyone?
(a) His role in the events at Thuan Yen.
(b) What happened to Weatherby.
(c) That he is at home in Vietnam.
(d) What his father called him as a child.

3. What does Claude Rasmussen recommend John do in Chapter 15, "What the Questions Were"?
(a) Show some concern.
(b) Look for Kathy.
(c) Stop drinking so much.
(d) Try to remember.

4. What does the narrator say Kathy might have done in Chapter 22, "Hypothesis"?
(a) Gotten hypothermia.
(b) Gotten in an accident.
(c) Kept herself alive while she was lost.
(d) Run away to Canada.

5. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?
(a) Three days after the election.
(b) Weeks before election night.
(c) Six weeks after the election, when the last appeal was turned down.
(d) Election night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John spend his time in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?

2. What does John say in response to Patricia's anger?

3. Who is John Wade?

4. When did John and Kathy meet?

5. What technique does the narrator use in narrating the Hypothesis chapters?

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