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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) Repugnance from the smell of dead foliage.
(b) Horror at the sight of what he's done.
(c) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.
(d) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.

2. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?
(a) When Wade wakes up.
(b) When Vinny Pearson says that he thinks Wade killed her.
(c) When Wade describes pouring boiling water on the plants.
(d) When the sheriff shows up at John and Kathy's cabin.

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

4. What do John and Kathy do on their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) Swim and lie in the sun.
(b) Put in a garden.
(c) Read and sleep and make love.
(d) Clean the cabin.

5. What does John do the morning after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Writes Kathy a letter.
(b) Takes the boat out.
(c) Goes for a hike.
(d) Sleeps in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arthur Lux?

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

3. What does John wonder about after Kathy has gone missing?

4. What does the author interject about Kathy's disappearance?

5. What had John and Kathy tried to do, that had been a failure?

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