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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 John wonder about after Kathy has gone missing?
(a) Whether Kathy had been having an affair.
(b) What Kathy thought of him.
(c) Where he could go to escape suspicion for her disappearance.
(d) What would have happened if they'd made love.

2. What does Tony Carbo tell John after the election?
(a) He will stand by him no matter what.
(b) He has taken another job.
(c) He will try to salvage what he can of his career.
(d) He will testify against him.

3. What does Eleanor Wade say about why her husband killed himself?
(a) He never got over a lost childhood love.
(b) He could never stop drinking.
(c) Neither she nor John could ever come up with a reason.
(d) He was clearly unhappy about their finances.

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

5. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?
(a) Weeks before election night.
(b) Election night.
(c) Six weeks after the election, when the last appeal was turned down.
(d) Three days after the election.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John think Kathy thinks of him?

2. What did John watch Weatherby do?

3. What does Tony Carbo say John does not believe in?

4. Who is Deborah Lindquist?

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

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