Summary

In Chapter 16, after Skip failed many of the second round of tests, he told Pete he was going to concentrate on studying because he did not want to go to Vietnam. At that point, Pete thought he still had time to catch up. When Skip and Pete heard the sounds of card playing in the lunge, their eyes met. They decided it would not hurt to play one more night.

Carol confronted Pete about the rumors that some of the boys on his floor were in danger of failing college because of Hearts. Pete assured Carol that his grades were okay and that he was getting out of the game. Pete admits that he still thinks about Carol sometimes. He thinks that the Vietnam War became a sort of insanity for her, just as it did for him, Pete, and...