2. What does Kathy say when Tony Carbo says that John likes to stack the deck?
(a) That John can never hide his awkwardness.
(b) That John is a master of making the trick look easy.
(c) That John doesn't cheat.
(d) That she can always tell how John does his tricks.

3. What did John's father call him when he (John) was in eighth grade?
(a) Javelin John.
(b) Senator.
(c) Sorcerer.
(d) Jiggling John.

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

5. Where does the narrator place John and Kathy in his last hypothesis?
(a) A foreign country.
(b) Around the corner from their old home.
(c) California.
(d) Canada.

6. How did Robert W. T'Souvas die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) During an operation on his appendix.
(d) In a bar fight.

7. What does the narrator suggest in Chapter 18, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy did not have an accident.
(b) That Kathy was abducted.
(c) That Kathy was suicidal.
(d) That Kathy ran aground or ran out of fuel.

8. How did John spend his time in eighth grade?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Practicing basketball.
(d) Practicing magic.

9. What does the narrator think happened to Kathy?
(a) She got in an accident.
(b) She got lost in the endless lake and islands.
(c) She was injured from John pouring boiling water on her.
(d) She passed out for lack of food and water.

10. Where do John and Kathy go immediately after the concession speech?
(a) Lake of the Woods.
(b) Patricia's house.
(c) Their hotel room.
(d) Home.

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

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

13. 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 staying near the phone.
(d) By searching on the lake.

14. What did Deborah Lindquist say Kathy called John in college?
(a) Inspector Gadget.
(b) Inspector Clouseau.
(c) The sorcerer.
(d) James Bond.

15. What did John think about the work he did at his desk job?
(a) He was anxious about the papers stored at sites he could not get to.
(b) It was not foolproof, but it freed him.
(c) He would never be tracked down as Sorcerer.
(d) He worried only about being recognized by his comrades.