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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of O'Brien titling more than one chapter "Hypothesis"?
(a) We lose our sense of time.
(b) We return to the same question over and over.
(c) We get confused about where the narrative is taking us.
(d) We doubt the narrator's credibility.

2. Why is it important that we know Kathy's physical measurements?
(a) Wade is trying to establish certain facts.
(b) She is wanted by the law.
(c) She goes missing from time to time, and has to be found.
(d) Wade is shopping for a dress for her.

3. What did John arrange for Kathy, even though it saddened him?
(a) A job away from him.
(b) An abortion.
(c) An adoption.
(d) A job in politics.

4. How did John cope with the event that took place when he was 14?
(a) He studied the Vietnam War in school.
(b) He pretended his father was still alive.
(c) He befriended the neighborhood housewives.
(d) He moved back and forth between his parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John promise to take Kathy?

2. Who does John call after talking with Claude Rasmussen?

3. What does the narrator hypothesize in Chapter 14, "Hypothesis"?

4. When does In the Lake of the Woods begin?

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

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