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

2. What trait of John's intensified after his father's death?
(a) Need for attention.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Sentimentalism.
(d) Secrecy.

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

4. What does the narrator say happened to Kathy in Chapter 24, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy is in Las Vegas.
(b) That Kathy's boat overturned and sank.
(c) That Kathy killed herself.
(d) That Kathy is stranded on an island.

5. What does Tony Carbo tell John after the election?
(a) He will stand by him no matter what.
(b) He will testify against him.
(c) He has taken another job.
(d) He will try to salvage what he can of his career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patricia say about her sister?

2. What does the narrator suggest in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?

3. In the hypothesis in Chapter 27, what does John do?

4. What direction does John travel in Chapter 28, "How He Went Away"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?

2. Describe the night in Las Vegas when John found Kathy and Tony Carbo gambling.

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

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

5. Describe how Patricia comes to Lake of the Woods.

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

7. What are Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson's opinions about John according to the evidence presented in Chapter 25?

8. What does Arthur Lux tell John when John goes into town to meet Patricia?

9. Describe the relationship between Kathy and Tony Carbo.

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

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