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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 was happening when John showed up when Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Kathy was shooting craps.
(b) Kathy was on a winning streak.
(c) Kathy was learning the game of poker.
(d) Kathy was losing money.

2. What does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?
(a) Lots of money.
(b) Their innocence.
(c) A senator's authority.
(d) Lots of children.

3. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?
(a) When Wade wakes up.
(b) When Vinny Pearson says that he thinks Wade killed her.
(c) When the sheriff shows up at John and Kathy's cabin.
(d) When Wade describes pouring boiling water on the plants.

4. 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 comparison of John's pain to electric eels.
(c) The scent of wet wool.
(d) The sound of water splashing.

5. How did John react when he and his company were caught in a firefight?
(a) He killed everyone he saw.
(b) He shot at everything that moved.
(c) He was brave and composed under fire.
(d) He cowered in a ditch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?

2. What does Patricia say about the point John brings up about Kathy in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?

3. What does John omit from his letters to Kathy from Vietnam?

4. What does Patricia say about her sister?

5. What was Kathy's bid secret?

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