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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Claude Rasmussen say he will go with John?
(a) So he doesn't hurt himself.
(b) So he doesn't get lost.
(c) So he doesn't fight with Patricia.
(d) So her doesn't hurt the boat.

2. How does Patricia arrive in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
(a) She drives.
(b) By sea plane.
(c) By helicopter.
(d) By train.

3. What comes out about Sorcerer in testimony during the court martial?
(a) That he killed women and children.
(b) That he falsified his records.
(c) That he killed one of his own.
(d) That he killed civilians.

4. What literary term describes the description of Kathy's return from her time with Harmon?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Alliteration.

5. What gesture does John make after Kathy returned from seeing Harmon?
(a) He squeezes her waist.
(b) He cuddles with her.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He makes love to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Claude Rasmussen describe the search for Kathy?

2. How did John's father die?

3. What fantasy had Tony Carbo been harboring?

4. What does John ask Tony Carbo in response to Tony Carbo's announcement?

5. Why is Patricia angry with John when she arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's last hypothesis?

2. Describe the relationship between John and Vinny Pearson in Chapter 23, "Where They Looked".

3. What was John like in the eighth grade?

4. What does the narrator speculate happened, in the hypothesis in Chapter 27?

5. What does the narrator theorize in the hypothesis in Chapter 18?

6. What did the evidence presented in Chapter 25 indicate about the massacre in Thuan Yen?

7. Why did John reenlist after his first tour in Vietnam?

8. Describe Kathy's feelings for Harmon, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 18.

9. Describe John's departure from Lake of the Woods.

10. What did John and Kathy do after John gave his concession speech on election night?

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