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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kathy tell Tony Carbo she felt after her affair with Harmon?
(a) Curious for more experience.
(b) Disgusted and dirty.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Secretly pleased with herself.

2. What happened when John showed up where Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) He ended Kathy's winning streak.
(b) He told Kathy to stop and save her money.
(c) He saved Kathy from losing more money.
(d) He got angry at Kathy for risking their money.

3. What does John ask Tony Carbo in response to Tony Carbo's announcement?
(a) What can be saved.
(b) Who will he be working for.
(c) Couldn't he wait.
(d) Whether he really means to stand by him.

4. How did John spend his time in eighth grade?
(a) Practicing basketball.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Reading.
(d) Practicing magic.

5. What direction does John travel in Chapter 28, "How He Went Away"?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

6. What does Calley order the men to do?
(a) Clean up the village.
(b) Take trophies from the dead.
(c) Forget any atrocities.
(d) Plant weapons in the village.

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

8. How does Tony Carbo describe his relationship with John to Kathy?
(a) The trusty assistant.
(b) The wizard.
(c) The numbers man.
(d) The alter ego.

9. Where did Kathy spend time with Harmon?
(a) Berkeley, California.
(b) New York city.
(c) Three Rivers, Minnesota.
(d) Loon Point, Maine.

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

11. How did John's platoon try to block the stench of the dead?
(a) By covering the bodies with ash.
(b) By tying rags around their faces.
(c) By burning everything.
(d) By spraying the bodies with lye.

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

13. What does Kathy say when Tony Carbo says that John likes to stack the deck?
(a) That John is a master of making the trick look easy.
(b) That John doesn't cheat.
(c) That John can never hide his awkwardness.
(d) That she can always tell how John does his tricks.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kathy feel about the gesture John made after she returned from Harmon?

2. What is Kathy's feeling after John's appearance where she and Tony Carbo were gambling?

3. What did Vernado Simpson claim responsibility for?

4. What fantasy had Tony Carbo been harboring?

5. Where do the police look for Kathy?

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