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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 does Kathy say in the letter John gets in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?
(a) That she is waiting for him.
(b) That she met someone else.
(c) That she needs freedom from him.
(d) That she wants to get married.

2. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?
(a) Shooting women and children.
(b) Taking trophies from dead bodies.
(c) Raping prisoners.
(d) Stealing from Vietnamese.

3. How does John describe his memory of the night of the boiling water?
(a) Spotty.
(b) Disjointed.
(c) Crystal clear.
(d) Insane.

4. How does Claude Rasmussen describe the search for Kathy?
(a) Shooting fish in a barrel.
(b) A crapshoot.
(c) A stab in the dark.
(d) A fool's errand.

5. Describe the narrator of In the Lake of the Woods.
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John begin his political career?

2. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?

3. What does Calley say about the massacre?

4. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?

5. What did John's father call him when he (John) was in eighth grade?

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