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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. Where would investigators have to look for Kathy's body, according the hypothesis in Chapter 27?
(a) The bottom of the lake.
(b) Beneath the cabin.
(c) In a shallow grave on one of the islands.
(d) Canada.

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

3. What is Kathy's feeling after John's appearance where she and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Affection.
(b) Respect.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Disdain.

4. What does John notice the morning after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Blood stains on the counter.
(b) The smell of ammonia.
(c) The open door.
(d) Animal sounds.

5. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?
(a) That John and Kathy ran away together.
(b) That John and Kathy agreed to go into the lake together.
(c) That John killed Kathy.
(d) That Kathy simply disappeared, almost as if by magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John ask Tony Carbo in response to Tony Carbo's announcement?

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

3. What was John's nickname in Vietnam?

4. Who does John call after talking with Claude Rasmussen?

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

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