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

2. Why is it impossible for John and Kathy to do the things they dream about doing?
(a) Kathy is ill.
(b) John is drinking too much.
(c) They are in debt.
(d) They are fleeing from the authorities.

3. What was John's childhood hobby?
(a) Model airplanes.
(b) Magic.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Collecting stamps.

4. When does In the Lake of the Woods begin?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) November.
(d) July.

5. 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) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.
(d) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has just taken place when In the Lake of the Woods begins?

2. What does John tell himself about Weatherby?

3. Describe the narrator of In the Lake of the Woods.

4. Who is Tony Carbo?

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

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