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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say was found, in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) Life preservers.
(b) Wreckage of the boat.
(c) No sign.
(d) Kathy's clothing.

2. What does the author interject about Kathy's disappearance?
(a) That John knew very well what happened.
(b) That it might not have happened the way John thinks.
(c) That it was just a matter of time until her disappearance was understood.
(d) That John was going to have to do something about the witnesses to her disappearance.

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

4. What does John do after being discharged from the military?
(a) Stalks Kathy.
(b) Catches Kathy in an affair.
(c) Surprises Kathy in her class.
(d) Visits his mother.

5. What does the narrator think happened to Kathy?
(a) She passed out for lack of food and water.
(b) She got lost in the endless lake and islands.
(c) She was injured from John pouring boiling water on her.
(d) She got in an accident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?

3. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?

4. What did John arrange for Kathy, even though it saddened him?

5. Where does John go the day after the night of the boiling plants?

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