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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence did the clerk from town contribute to the discussion Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson had with John?
(a) That John and Kathy had been arguing.
(b) That Kathy had threatened to ruin John's career.
(c) That John had threatened to kill Kathy.
(d) That Kathy had threatened to leave John.

2. What does John remember about the night of the boiling plants after Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson leave?
(a) Carrying Kathy.
(b) Digging a hole.
(c) Taking the boat out.
(d) Walking into the bedroom.

3. How tall is Kathy?
(a) Five eight.
(b) Five two.
(c) Five six.
(d) Five four.

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

5. Why is John feeling humiliated?
(a) He was caught in an affair.
(b) He was exposed as a phony.
(c) He was arrested for money laundering.
(d) He lost by a landslide.

6. What did one of the members of John's company have attached to his helmet?
(a) Condoms.
(b) A ponytail from a Vietnamese victim.
(c) Letters from home.
(d) Pistol rounds.

7. What did John's father call him when John was a child?
(a) Fatty.
(b) Jiggling John.
(c) Slick.
(d) Nerd.

8. What did Kathy have at age 34?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) An abortion.
(c) An appendectomy.
(d) Smallpox.

9. What happened to soldier Weatherby?
(a) John rescued him.
(b) John shot him.
(c) John held him while he died.
(d) John recovered his body.

10. What did John watch Weatherby do?
(a) Shoot two girls.
(b) Kill Kathy.
(c) Scalp a man.
(d) Hide in a ditch.

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

12. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?
(a) Desire for escape.
(b) Desire for structure.
(c) Desire for distinction.
(d) Desire for firepower.

13. How do John and Kathy treat each other by their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) They are intimate with each other.
(b) They are indifferent to each other.
(c) They are careful with each other.
(d) They are hostile toward each other.

14. How many times did John wake up during the night in Chapter 8?
(a) Twice.
(b) He never went to sleep.
(c) Three times.
(d) He didn't wake up till morning.

15. How did John cope with the event that took place when he was 14?
(a) He befriended the neighborhood housewives.
(b) He moved back and forth between his parents.
(c) He pretended his father was still alive.
(d) He studied the Vietnam War in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John's relationship with his father like?

2. How would you describe Eleanor Wade's contributions to Chapter 2?

3. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?

4. What does Eleanor Wade say about her son?

5. What is John's hypothesis in Chapter 9 "Hypothesis"?

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