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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one of the members of John's company have attached to his helmet?
(a) A ponytail from a Vietnamese victim.
(b) Pistol rounds.
(c) Letters from home.
(d) Condoms.

2. What does Tony Carbo say in response to John's question?
(a) He says he can still get John on the ballot for state representative.
(b) He says that John is finished in politics.
(c) He says that he had been recruited.
(d) He says he is a pig and couldn't help himself.

3. How does the narrator describe the killing at Thuan Yen?
(a) It was premeditated and cold-blooded.
(b) It was chaotic.
(c) It was over in a few minutes.
(d) It went on for four hours.

4. What happened when the 'secrets' were released before the election?
(a) Kathy abandoned him.
(b) John's family disowned him.
(c) Friends stole away.
(d) Supporters rallied around him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?

2. What does John say in response to Patricia's anger?

3. What was happening when John showed up when Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?

4. What does John do the morning after the night of the boiling plants?

5. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?

(see the answer key)

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