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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to John after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) The massacre at Thuan Yen.
(b) He loses the election.
(c) His father dies.
(d) He learns magic tricks.

2. What cost John the victory in the election?
(a) Illness.
(b) A sexual harassment complaint.
(c) A surprise revelation.
(d) Criminal charges.

3. 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 that Vinny Pearson is a difficult person to deal with, everyone thinks so.
(c) He doesn't believe John had anything to do with Kathy's disappearance.
(d) He says Vinny Pearson distrusts every outsider.

4. What was John's relationship with his father like?
(a) Disjointed.
(b) Disdainful.
(c) Distrustful.
(d) Affectionate.

5. What does John think Kathy thinks of him?
(a) That he is psychotic and out of control.
(b) That he is too furious to be around.
(c) That he wants to kill everything around him.
(d) That nothing is good enough for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John and Kathy meet?

2. What does John remember about the night of the boiling plants after Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson leave?

3. What did John make in his first job in politics?

4. Why is John feeling humiliated?

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

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