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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John's father call him when John was a child?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Jiggling John.
(c) Fatty.
(d) Slick.

2. Where did John and Kathy meet?
(a) Lake of the Woods.
(b) University of Minnesota.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Vietnam.

3. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?
(a) The sound of screaming.
(b) The comparison of John's pain to electric eels.
(c) The sound of water splashing.
(d) The scent of wet wool.

4. How do John and Kathy treat each other by their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) They are indifferent to each other.
(b) They are hostile toward each other.
(c) They are intimate with each other.
(d) They are careful with each other.

5. How did John cope with the event that took place when he was 14?
(a) He pretended his father was still alive.
(b) He moved back and forth between his parents.
(c) He studied the Vietnam War in school.
(d) He befriended the neighborhood housewives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?

2. What does John remember from the night of the boiling water?

3. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?

4. What did Kathy have at age 34?

5. What is John's hypothesis in Chapter 9 "Hypothesis"?

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