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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is John feeling humiliated?
(a) He was arrested for money laundering.
(b) He was caught in an affair.
(c) He was exposed as a phony.
(d) He lost by a landslide.

3. What does Claude Rasmussen recommend John do in Chapter 15, "What the Questions Were"?
(a) Stop drinking so much.
(b) Try to remember.
(c) Show some concern.
(d) Look for Kathy.

4. Who is John Wade?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A politician.
(d) A soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?

3. What does John notice the morning after the night of the boiling plants?

4. What does John do after being discharged from the military?

5. What does the narrator say was found, in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?

(see the answer key)

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