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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 tell Kathy about why he re-enlisted?
(a) He did not explain.
(b) He said he wanted to see more of the war and get a promotion.
(c) He said he needed closure.
(d) He said he was still looking for something.

2. What was happening when John showed up when Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Kathy was on a winning streak.
(b) Kathy was learning the game of poker.
(c) Kathy was losing money.
(d) Kathy was shooting craps.

3. Where does the narrator place John and Kathy in his last hypothesis?
(a) California.
(b) A foreign country.
(c) Around the corner from their old home.
(d) Canada.

4. What does the narrator say Kathy might have done in Chapter 22, "Hypothesis"?
(a) Gotten hypothermia.
(b) Run away to Canada.
(c) Gotten in an accident.
(d) Kept herself alive while she was lost.

5. What was it about going out with Harmon that excited Kathy, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?
(a) Harmon's good looks.
(b) Harmon's ease with money.
(c) The danger of cheating on John.
(d) Harmon's sense of humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Claude Rasmussen say he will go with John?

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

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

4. How does Claude Rasmussen refer to Canada in his note to John?

5. What gesture does John make after Kathy returned from seeing Harmon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the conversation Kathy and Tony Carbo have after John finds them gambling together.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?

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