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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did John get up after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Six.
(c) Noon.
(d) Nine.

2. What does Tony Carbo say John does not believe in?
(a) God.
(b) People.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Luck.

3. What was John's nickname in Vietnam?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Senator.
(c) Sorcerer.
(d) Mister.

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

5. What happens to John after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) His father dies.
(b) He loses the election.
(c) He learns magic tricks.
(d) The massacre at Thuan Yen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say Kathy might have done in Chapter 22, "Hypothesis"?

4. What evidence did the clerk from town contribute to the discussion Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson had with John?

5. How does the narrator describe the killing at Thuan Yen?

(see the answer key)

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