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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claude Rasmussen refer to Canada in his note to John?
(a) A good place to start over.
(b) A good place to find things.
(c) A good place to get lost.
(d) A good place to find yourself.

2. What was happening when John showed up when Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Kathy was shooting craps.
(b) Kathy was on a winning streak.
(c) Kathy was learning the game of poker.
(d) Kathy was losing money.

3. What do PFC Thinbill and John agree to do the night after the massacre?
(a) Kill Calley.
(b) Cover it up.
(c) Pray for forgiveness.
(d) Tell the truth.

4. How does John spend his time in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Searching the islands.
(c) On the lake.
(d) On the phone.

5. How does Kathy feel about the gesture John made after she returned from Harmon?
(a) She iss disgusted with herself for cheating and then returning.
(b) It makes her aware of her flaws.
(c) It renews all her affection for John and his tenderness for her. She was disgusted with herself for cheating and then returning.
(d) She feels reassured because it means John didn't know anything.

6. What parallel does Patricia draw between John and Kathy?
(a) John's magic was the analogous to Kathy's forgiveness of him.
(b) John's violent past was the equivalent of Kathy's violent future.
(c) John's career was the equivalent of Kathy's affair.
(d) John's lies were the equivalent to Kathy's secrets.

7. What does Tony Carbo tell John after the election?
(a) He will try to salvage what he can of his career.
(b) He will testify against him.
(c) He will stand by him no matter what.
(d) He has taken another job.

8. What does the narrator say was found, in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) Wreckage of the boat.
(b) Kathy's clothing.
(c) Life preservers.
(d) No sign.

9. What is Kathy's reaction to John and Tony Carbo's conversation?
(a) She argues with both of them.
(b) She takes John's side against Tony Carbo.
(c) She walks out in disgust.
(d) She tries to get both men to reason.

10. What is Kathy's feeling after John's appearance where she and Tony Carbo were gambling?
(a) Irritation.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Affection.
(d) Respect.

11. What technique does the narrator use in narrating the Hypothesis chapters?
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Mendacity.
(c) Ambivalence.
(d) Equivocation.

12. What does the narrator say happened to Kathy in Chapter 24, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy is stranded on an island.
(b) That Kathy is in Las Vegas.
(c) That Kathy killed herself.
(d) That Kathy's boat overturned and sank.

13. Where did Kathy spend time with Harmon?
(a) Loon Point, Maine.
(b) New York city.
(c) Berkeley, California.
(d) Three Rivers, Minnesota.

14. Where does John sleep on his first night out from the cabin?
(a) In the boat.
(b) In a Canadian town.
(c) He doesn't sleep.
(d) An island.

15. How does Arthur Lux say John might counter some of the rumors about his role in Kathy's disappearance?
(a) By calling in more searchers.
(b) By bringing his people from St. Paul.
(c) By searching on the lake.
(d) By staying near the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Kathy might have done in Chapter 22, "Hypothesis"?

2. In the hypothesis in Chapter 27, what does John do?

3. Where was Kathy when John made his concession speech on election night?

4. How long before he left Vietnam did John get a desk job?

5. What does the narrator suggest in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?

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