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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Claude Rasmussen describe the search for Kathy?
(a) A fool's errand.
(b) Shooting fish in a barrel.
(c) A crapshoot.
(d) A stab in the dark.

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

6. How does John spend his time in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) On the lake.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Searching the islands.
(d) On the phone.

7. What is Arthur Lux's final opinion about John and Kathy?
(a) He feels like he should have listened to Vinny Pearson.
(b) He knows John is a good guy.
(c) He continues to examine different possibilities.
(d) He got busy with other things, and the mystery stopped being meaningful to him.

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

9. Why does Claude Rasmussen say he will go with John?
(a) So he doesn't hurt himself.
(b) So he doesn't get lost.
(c) So her doesn't hurt the boat.
(d) So he doesn't fight with Patricia.

10. Where does the narrator place John and Kathy in his last hypothesis?
(a) A foreign country.
(b) Canada.
(c) California.
(d) Around the corner from their old home.

11. What did Vernado Simpson claim responsibility for?
(a) Urging the men to massacre the villagers.
(b) 25 civilian deaths.
(c) Orchestrating the massacre.
(d) 2 civilian deaths.

12. Why does Tony Carbo say he didn't leave John earlier than the election night?
(a) He wanted to watch the whole thing play out.
(b) He needed to finish the job.
(c) He is in love with Kathy.
(d) He needed the money.

13. What does the narrator say happened to Kathy in Chapter 24, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy killed herself.
(b) That Kathy's boat overturned and sank.
(c) That Kathy is stranded on an island.
(d) That Kathy is in Las Vegas.

14. Where do John and Kathy go immediately after the concession speech?
(a) Home.
(b) Patricia's house.
(c) Lake of the Woods.
(d) Their hotel room.

15. Why is Patricia angry with John when she arrives?
(a) Because he didn't call sooner.
(b) Because he looks like he's been drinking.
(c) Because she thinks he killed Kathy.
(d) Because she's upset about her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John's platoon try to block the stench of the dead?

2. What did John do at his desk job?

3. What does the narrator suggest in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?

4. What does Deborah Lindquist say about Kathy's relationship with John?

5. What did Deborah Lindquist say Kathy called John in college?

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