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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 is the result of O'Brien titling more than one chapter "Hypothesis"?
(a) We doubt the narrator's credibility.
(b) We return to the same question over and over.
(c) We get confused about where the narrative is taking us.
(d) We lose our sense of time.

2. 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.

3. What does Tony Carbo say in response to John's question?
(a) He says that John is finished in politics.
(b) He says he is a pig and couldn't help himself.
(c) He says that he had been recruited.
(d) He says he can still get John on the ballot for state representative.

4. What had John and Kathy tried to do, that had been a failure?
(a) Questioned the election results.
(b) Had a child.
(c) Raised money.
(d) Made love.

5. How did John's platoon try to block the stench of the dead?
(a) By tying rags around their faces.
(b) By burning everything.
(c) By spraying the bodies with lye.
(d) By covering the bodies with ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Kathy?

2. What parallel does Patricia draw between John and Kathy?

3. Why is John feeling humiliated?

4. What does Calley order the men to do?

5. When does In the Lake of the Woods begin?

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