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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did PFC Thinbill tell John?
(a) That the town was going to be a bloodbath.
(b) That they were going to get revenge at Thuan Yen.
(c) That there would be no civilians. That the town was friendly.
(d) That the enemy had infiltrated the civilians.

2. How did Robert W. T'Souvas die?
(a) In a bar fight.
(b) From cancer.
(c) During an operation on his appendix.
(d) In a car accident.

3. What does Arthur Lux tell John when John goes to meet Patricia's arrival?
(a) That he believes in him as a politician.
(b) That he suspects her of murder.
(c) That people get lost here all the time.
(d) That Kathy will turn up.

4. What is Kathy's relationship with Harmon, in the hypothesis in Chapter 24?
(a) She still sees his face.
(b) She wants to talk to him.
(c) She looks for him in crowds.
(d) She can't remember him.

5. What do Claude and Ruth do in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) Watch the news.
(b) Man the phones.
(c) Search the lake for Kathy.
(d) Cook for John.

6. Where was Kathy when John made his concession speech on election night?
(a) At home.
(b) At a fundraiser.
(c) By his side.
(d) At her sister's house.

7. What food does Kathy have, in the scenario the narrator describes in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Fish.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Lifesavers.

8. How does Patricia arrive in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) By train.
(b) By helicopter.
(c) By sea plane.
(d) She drives.

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

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

11. How does the narrator describe the killing at Thuan Yen?
(a) It went on for four hours.
(b) It was premeditated and cold-blooded.
(c) It was over in a few minutes.
(d) It was chaotic.

12. What does Calley say about the massacre?
(a) That there aren't any innocents in a war zone.
(b) That killing is a national process.
(c) That in the scheme of things their actions were meaningless.
(d) That the guilty shouldn't cast stones.

13. What did John think about the work he did at his desk job?
(a) He would never be tracked down as Sorcerer.
(b) He was anxious about the papers stored at sites he could not get to.
(c) He worried only about being recognized by his comrades.
(d) It was not foolproof, but it freed him.

14. What changed John's mind from what he and Calley agreed to?
(a) His fear of prison.
(b) His sense of innocence.
(c) His political plans.
(d) His desire to tell the truth.

15. What does John tell Claude Rasmussen in response?
(a) That his friends from Vietnam won't talk.
(b) That the police won't find anything.
(c) That he will be gone before anyone finds anything.
(d) That Kathy might still turn up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's father call him when he (John) was in eighth grade?

2. What does the narrator say Kathy might have done in Chapter 22, "Hypothesis"?

3. What is Kathy's reaction to John and Tony Carbo's conversation?

4. Who is Deborah Lindquist?

5. What did John notice after the massacre?

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