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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. How did John's father die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) He shot himself.
(c) He hanged himself.
(d) Heart attack.

2. What did John notice after the massacre?
(a) The scent of coming rain.
(b) The heat of the sun.
(c) The sound of helicopters.
(d) The smell of blood.

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

4. What literary term describes the description of Kathy's return from her time with Harmon?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Alliteration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert W. T'Souvas die?

2. Where does John sleep on his first night out from the cabin?

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

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

5. What did Colonel William V. Wilson say about the massacre at Thuan Yen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John like in the eighth grade?

2. What was the report about Robert T'Souvas?

3. Describe the relationship between John and Vinny Pearson in Chapter 23, "Where They Looked".

4. What are Kathy's plans, according to the hypothesis in Chapter 18?

5. Describe John's departure from Lake of the Woods.

6. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?

7. Why did John reenlist after his first tour in Vietnam?

8. Describe the arrangements John makes for the day after Patricia's arrival?

9. What did the evidence presented in Chapter 25 indicate about the massacre in Thuan Yen?

10. What do Sandra Karra and Deborah Lindquist say about John's talents as a magician in the Evidence chapter, chapter 20?

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