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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 happened to John when he was 14?
(a) His father died.
(b) His father was sent to Vietnam.
(c) His mother took him out of school.
(d) His parents divorced.

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

3. Where does John go the day after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Out on the lake.
(b) Claude Rasmussen's house.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Home.

4. How tall is Kathy?
(a) Five eight.
(b) Five six.
(c) Five two.
(d) Five four.

5. What did John's campaign manager call John's opponent's tactics?
(a) Ambush politics.
(b) Personal politics.
(c) Bare-knuckle politics.
(d) Take no prisoners politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do John and Kathy deal with the fact that their dreams are impossible for the moment?

2. Why is John feeling humiliated?

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

4. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?

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

(see the answer key)

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