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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has just taken place when In the Lake of the Woods begins?
(a) Primary elections.
(b) A murder.
(c) A massacre.
(d) A birth.

2. What does the narrator say happened to Kathy in Chapter 24, "Hypothesis"?
(a) That Kathy's boat overturned and sank.
(b) That Kathy killed herself.
(c) That Kathy is stranded on an island.
(d) That Kathy is in Las Vegas.

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

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

5. What did John arrange for Kathy, even though it saddened him?
(a) A job away from him.
(b) An abortion.
(c) A job in politics.
(d) An adoption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony Carbo say in response to John's question?

2. What does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?

3. Why is it important that we know Kathy's physical measurements?

4. How did John's platoon try to block the stench of the dead?

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

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