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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. How does John describe the scene he encountered after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) He says that he and his company carried an enormous burden of suffering.
(b) He says that no one was dying quietly.
(c) He says that no one had been spared from suffering.
(d) He says that no one was in control of their pain.

2. What do John and Kathy do on their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) Put in a garden.
(b) Read and sleep and make love.
(c) Clean the cabin.
(d) Swim and lie in the sun.

3. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?
(a) Election night.
(b) Three days after the election.
(c) Six weeks after the election, when the last appeal was turned down.
(d) Weeks before election night.

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

5. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?
(a) The night when John lost the election.
(b) The night before Kathy's disappearance.
(c) The night when John and his company massacred the Vietnamese.
(d) The night when John returned from the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the campaigns Tony Carbo ran for John?

2. What was Kathy's bid secret?

3. What does Claude Rasmussen say about Vinny Pearson's suspicions?

4. How does John respond to the clerk's evidence?

5. Where did John begin his political career?

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