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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. Which of these is NOT a secret John keeps from everyone?
(a) What his father called him as a child.
(b) What happened to Weatherby.
(c) His role in the events at Thuan Yen.
(d) That he is at home in Vietnam.

2. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?
(a) The night when John lost the election.
(b) The night when John returned from the military.
(c) The night when John and his company massacred the Vietnamese.
(d) The night before Kathy's disappearance.

3. What cost John the victory in the election?
(a) Criminal charges.
(b) A sexual harassment complaint.
(c) Illness.
(d) A surprise revelation.

4. What do John and Kathy do on their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) Put in a garden.
(b) Read and sleep and make love.
(c) Clean the cabin.
(d) Swim and lie in the sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John cope with the event that took place when he was 14?

2. Describe the narrator of In the Lake of the Woods.

3. What was John's relationship with his father like?

4. How would you describe Eleanor Wade's contributions to Chapter 2?

5. What does John say about secrets?

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