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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?
(a) It was good for her character.
(b) It was bad timing.
(c) It was worth the separation.
(d) It was the best way.

2. How does Tony Carbo describe his relationship with John to Kathy?
(a) The trusty assistant.
(b) The alter ego.
(c) The wizard.
(d) The numbers man.

3. How does Kathy tell Tony Carbo she felt after her affair with Harmon?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Secretly pleased with herself.
(c) Curious for more experience.
(d) Disgusted and dirty.

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

5. What does John ask Tony Carbo in response to Tony Carbo's announcement?
(a) Who will he be working for.
(b) Whether he really means to stand by him.
(c) What can be saved.
(d) Couldn't he wait.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do the morning after the night of the boiling plants?

2. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?

3. Where did the sheriff come out to the lake from?

4. What does the narrator hypothesize in Chapter 14, "Hypothesis"?

5. How does John describe his memory of the night of the boiling water?

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