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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. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?
(a) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.
(b) Horror at the sight of what he's done.
(c) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.
(d) Repugnance from the smell of dead foliage.

2. What does John omit from his letters to Kathy from Vietnam?
(a) Reminiscences of their time together.
(b) Descriptions of his affection for her.
(c) Scenes of carnage.
(d) Discussion of the future.

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

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

5. What does Arthur Lux say about Kathy?
(a) That she will turn up one day.
(b) That she is probably fine.
(c) That he did everything he could to find her.
(d) That she is probably dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kathy at the beginning of In the Lake of the Woods?

2. What did John's father call him when John was a child?

3. Where did John and Kathy meet?

4. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?

5. What does John remember from the night of the boiling water?

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