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

2. 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.

3. How does Tony Carbo describe his relationship with John to Kathy?
(a) The trusty assistant.
(b) The alter ego.
(c) The numbers man.
(d) The wizard.

4. What changed John's mind from what he and Calley agreed to?
(a) His political plans.
(b) His sense of innocence.
(c) His fear of prison.
(d) His desire to tell the truth.

5. How long do Patricia and John search for Kathy for?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before he left Vietnam did John get a desk job?

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

3. What did Kathy tell Harmon on the fourth day together?

4. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?

5. What was it about going out with Harmon that excited Kathy, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Patricia say to John when she arrives?

2. What was John like in the eighth grade?

3. Describe the scene of the massacre as the evidence reveals it in Chapter 21.

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

5. Describe Kathy's feelings for Harmon, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 18.

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

7. What did John and his company do after the massacre?

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

9. What was Kathy thinking about, in the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?

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

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