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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did John get up after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Six.
(c) Noon.
(d) Nine.

2. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?
(a) The sound of screaming.
(b) The scent of wet wool.
(c) The sound of water splashing.
(d) The comparison of John's pain to electric eels.

3. What was John like in the beginning of his relationship with Kathy?
(a) Hot and cold.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Obsessive.
(d) Indifferent.

4. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?
(a) It was good for her character.
(b) It was worth the separation.
(c) It was bad timing.
(d) It was the best way.

5. Who is Tony Carbo?
(a) John's campaign manager.
(b) John's attorney.
(c) John's accountant.
(d) John's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John's campaign manager call John's opponent's tactics?

2. Why is John feeling humiliated?

3. Where does John go the day after the night of the boiling plants?

4. How did John cope with the event that took place when he was 14?

5. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did John join the military?

2. What does Kathy tell John in a letter to him in Vietnam?

3. What indication does the book give us about what really happened?

4. What sources does the narrator use, to piece together the story?

5. Describe the difference between Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson.

6. Where does the narrator says that Kathy might have gone in his hypothesis in Chapter 9?

7. When did the Wades discover that the election was lost?

8. What is the problem with the hypothesis in Chapter 14?

9. Why did John lose the election?

10. What does John tell Kathy in his letters from Vietnam?

(see the answer keys)

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