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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 William Calley say when he is questioned?
(a) He says that the enemy had militarized civilians.
(b) He says that all villagers were considered enemies.
(c) He says that the outfit was under enormous strain, and attributes the massacre to collective madness.
(d) He says that the captain had inculcated an atmosphere of reckless hostility that led to the massacre.

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

3. What does the narrator hypothesize in Chapter 14, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy died in her sleep.
(b) That John dumped Kathy's body in the lake.
(c) That Kathy got in a boat accident.
(d) That Kathy wanted to hide from John and have her life back.

4. What does John notice the morning after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) The open door.
(b) Animal sounds.
(c) The smell of ammonia.
(d) Blood stains on the counter.

5. What does John tell himself about Weatherby?
(a) That he wasn't responsible for Weatherby's death.
(b) That he was going to have to pay for what happened to Weatherby.
(c) That nothing could have saved Weatherby.
(d) That Weatherby was going to die anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?

2. What happens right before John's platoon is ordered back to Thuan Yen?

3. What happened when John showed up where Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?

4. What does Kathy say in the letter John gets in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?

5. When did John pass the bar?

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