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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 does Claude Rasmussen say about Vinny Pearson's suspicions?
(a) He says it's hard not to come to the same conclusion.
(b) He says Vinny Pearson distrusts every outsider.
(c) He says that Vinny Pearson is a difficult person to deal with, everyone thinks so.
(d) He doesn't believe John had anything to do with Kathy's disappearance.

2. What does Calley say about the massacre?
(a) That in the scheme of things their actions were meaningless.
(b) That the guilty shouldn't cast stones.
(c) That there aren't any innocents in a war zone.
(d) That killing is a national process.

3. How does John describe the scene he encountered after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) He says that no one was dying quietly.
(b) He says that he and his company carried an enormous burden of suffering.
(c) He says that no one had been spared from suffering.
(d) He says that no one was in control of their pain.

4. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?
(a) Desire for firepower.
(b) Desire for distinction.
(c) Desire for escape.
(d) Desire for structure.

5. Where do the police look for Kathy?
(a) In her hometown.
(b) In nearby islands.
(c) Where she went to college.
(d) Around the cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John say he might have slept through the outboard motor starting on the boat?

2. What changed John's mind from what he and Calley agreed to?

3. How did John spend his time in eighth grade?

4. How does the narrator describe the campaigns Tony Carbo ran for John?

5. What did one of the members of John's company have attached to his helmet?

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