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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the soldiers say about the massacre at Thuan Yen?
(a) That they honestly expected to find weapons in the village.
(b) That they wanted revenge for constant ambushes.
(c) That they were collectively mad from weeks of patrol.
(d) That they genuinely believed the villagers were Communists.

3. What does Patricia say about the point John brings up about Kathy in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) That she never believed her sister really loved John.
(b) That the affair was an attempt to get him to wake up.
(c) That she loved politics.
(d) That Kathy was crafty, and probably left a sign somewhere.

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

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

6. 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) In a shallow grave on one of the islands.
(d) Beneath the cabin.

7. What did John do at his desk job?
(a) Forged papers for his own discharge.
(b) Transferred himself to another platoon.
(c) Removed all reference to the massacre.
(d) Removed his name from the platoon rolls.

8. How does Claude Rasmussen refer to Canada in his note to John?
(a) A good place to find yourself.
(b) A good place to find things.
(c) A good place to start over.
(d) A good place to get lost.

9. Who was Sandra Karra?
(a) John's school teacher.
(b) John's first girlfriend.
(c) John's mother's friend.
(d) The woman at the magic shop.

10. What does Patricia say about her sister?
(a) That she was in danger.
(b) That she deserved better than John.
(c) That she was a good person.
(d) That she had an image of her on an island.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John's father die?

2. What happened when John showed up where Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?

3. What does the narrator say happened to Kathy in Chapter 24, "Hypothesis"?

4. What trait of John's intensified after his father's death?

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

(see the answer keys)

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