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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kathy suspect John of when he joins the military?
(a) Deceitfulness.
(b) Political aspirations.
(c) Murder.
(d) Running from the law.

2. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?
(a) The night when John lost the election.
(b) The night when John and his company massacred the Vietnamese.
(c) The night when John returned from the military.
(d) The night before Kathy's disappearance.

3. What did John do in the middle of the night?
(a) Pours boiling water on his hands.
(b) Pours boiling water on Kathy's face.
(c) Pours boiling water on the houseplants.
(d) Pours boiling water on his pictures.

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

5. What does John notice the morning after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Animal sounds.
(b) Blood stains on the counter.
(c) The open door.
(d) The smell of ammonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John tell Kathy about in his letters from Vietnam?

2. What happened when the 'secrets' were released before the election?

3. What does John think Kathy thinks of him?

4. Why is John feeling humiliated?

5. Where does John promise to take Kathy?

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