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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 does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?
(a) A senator's authority.
(b) Lots of children.
(c) Their innocence.
(d) Lots of money.

2. What was John like in the beginning of his relationship with Kathy?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Indifferent.

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

4. What did John say about the thing he arranged for Kathy?
(a) It was good for her character.
(b) It was bad timing.
(c) It was worth the separation.
(d) It was the best way.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What cost John the victory in the election?

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

3. What does Kathy say in the letter John gets in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?

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

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

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