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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the radio on John's boat, ultimately?
(a) It breaks.
(b) He disconnects it and drops it overboard.
(c) John smashes it.
(d) John gets beyond range for any transmission to get through.

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

3. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?
(a) The scent of wet wool.
(b) The comparison of John's pain to electric eels.
(c) The sound of water splashing.
(d) The sound of screaming.

4. How does John describe his memory of the night of the boiling water?
(a) Insane.
(b) Disjointed.
(c) Crystal clear.
(d) Spotty.

5. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?
(a) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.
(b) Horror at the sight of what he's done.
(c) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.
(d) Repugnance from the smell of dead foliage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Patricia angry with John when she arrives?

2. What evidence did the clerk from town contribute to the discussion Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson had with John?

3. In the hypothesis in Chapter 27, what does John do?

4. What had John and Kathy tried to do, that had been a failure?

5. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?

(see the answer key)

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