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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arthur Lux say John might counter some of the rumors about his role in Kathy's disappearance?
(a) By staying near the phone.
(b) By calling in more searchers.
(c) By searching on the lake.
(d) By bringing his people from St. Paul.

2. What is Kathy's reaction to John and Tony Carbo's conversation?
(a) She argues with both of them.
(b) She tries to get both men to reason.
(c) She walks out in disgust.
(d) She takes John's side against Tony Carbo.

3. What evidence does the narrator describe for this hypothesis?
(a) There haven't been any signs of Kathy or the boat.
(b) Kathy was taking antidepressants.
(c) Kathy always talked about leaving John and going to Vegas.
(d) That Kathy was abducted.

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

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

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

7. Who is Deborah Lindquist?
(a) John's magic teacher.
(b) John's campaign manager.
(c) Kathy's advisor.
(d) A classmate of Kathy's.

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

9. How long do Patricia and John search for Kathy for?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

10. What did Colonel William V. Wilson say about the massacre at Thuan Yen?
(a) He had restrained just such an impulse in his own men once.
(b) He hoped it was all true so he could make an example of the soldiers responsible.
(c) He hoped it was untrue.
(d) He had seen similar things before.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Eleanor Wade say about why her husband killed himself?
(a) Neither she nor John could ever come up with a reason.
(b) He was clearly unhappy about their finances.
(c) He never got over a lost childhood love.
(d) He could never stop drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Kathy have, in the scenario the narrator describes in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?

2. How does Patricia arrive in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?

3. Why is Patricia angry with John when she arrives?

4. What parallel does Patricia draw between John and Kathy?

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

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