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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?
(a) Stealing from Vietnamese.
(b) Taking trophies from dead bodies.
(c) Shooting women and children.
(d) Raping prisoners.

2. What cost John the victory in the election?
(a) Illness.
(b) A surprise revelation.
(c) Criminal charges.
(d) A sexual harassment complaint.

3. What did John's father call him when John was a child?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Fatty.
(c) Jiggling John.
(d) Slick.

4. How does the narrator describe the campaigns Tony Carbo ran for John?
(a) Values-based.
(b) Grassroots.
(c) Slick, expensive.
(d) Disorganized.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?

2. Which of these is NOT a secret John keeps from everyone?

3. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?

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

5. What did John do in the middle of the night?

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