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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?
(a) Desire for firepower.
(b) Desire for distinction.
(c) Desire for structure.
(d) Desire for escape.

2. What is the result of O'Brien titling more than one chapter "Hypothesis"?
(a) We lose our sense of time.
(b) We get confused about where the narrative is taking us.
(c) We doubt the narrator's credibility.
(d) We return to the same question over and over.

3. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?
(a) Horror at the sight of what he's done.
(b) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.
(c) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.
(d) Repugnance from the smell of dead foliage.

4. Where do the police look for Kathy?
(a) Around the cabin.
(b) Where she went to college.
(c) In her hometown.
(d) In nearby islands.

5. Which of these is NOT a secret John keeps from everyone?
(a) His role in the events at Thuan Yen.
(b) What happened to Weatherby.
(c) What his father called him as a child.
(d) That he is at home in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kathy's bid secret?

2. What does Calley order the men to do?

3. How long do Patricia and John search for Kathy for?

4. What is Kathy's feeling after John's appearance where she and Tony Carbo were gambling?

5. What does John think Kathy thinks of him?

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