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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does John sleep on his first night out from the cabin?
(a) In the boat.
(b) An island.
(c) In a Canadian town.
(d) He doesn't sleep.

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

3. What does Kathy do after returning from Harmon?
(a) Makes love with John.
(b) Works out vigorously.
(c) Has a long bath.
(d) Reads in bed.

4. What does the narrator say was found, in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) Wreckage of the boat.
(b) Kathy's clothing.
(c) No sign.
(d) Life preservers.

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

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

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

8. 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 searching on the lake.
(c) By calling in more searchers.
(d) By bringing his people from St. Paul.

9. What does John point out to Patricia about Kathy?
(a) That she hated politics.
(b) That she loved him deeply.
(c) That she had an affair.
(d) That she hadn't left any sign.

10. What was it about going out with Harmon that excited Kathy, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?
(a) Harmon's ease with money.
(b) The danger of cheating on John.
(c) Harmon's sense of humor.
(d) Harmon's good looks.

11. What is Kathy's feeling after John's appearance where she and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Respect.
(b) Affection.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Disdain.

12. What does Deborah Lindquist say about Kathy's relationship with John?
(a) That they loved each other deeply.
(b) That he cheated on her with his career.
(c) That he spied on her.
(d) That she cheated on him.

13. What did John's father call him when he (John) was in eighth grade?
(a) Senator.
(b) Sorcerer.
(c) Jiggling John.
(d) Javelin John.

14. 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 people get lost here all the time.
(c) That he suspects her of murder.
(d) That Kathy will turn up.

15. How does Kathy feel about the gesture John made after she returned from Harmon?
(a) She feels reassured because it means John didn't know anything.
(b) It makes her aware of her flaws.
(c) It renews all her affection for John and his tenderness for her. She was disgusted with herself for cheating and then returning.
(d) She iss disgusted with herself for cheating and then returning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Claude and Ruth do in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?

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

3. Where does the narrator place John and Kathy in his last hypothesis?

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

5. What do PFC Thinbill and John agree to do the night after the massacre?

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