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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. Who is Tony Carbo?
(a) John's accountant.
(b) John's friend.
(c) John's attorney.
(d) John's campaign manager.

2. What is the relationship between Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson?
(a) Lux gives Vinny Pearson freedom to ask John whatever he wants.
(b) Lux threatens to fire Vinny Pearson if he keeps asking questions.
(c) Lux does not allow Vinny Pearson's distrustful questions.
(d) Lux backs Vinny Pearson's aggressive questioning.

3. How old is Kathy at the beginning of In the Lake of the Woods?
(a) 28.
(b) 38.
(c) 43.
(d) 33.

4. What did Kathy have at age 34?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) An appendectomy.
(d) An abortion.

5. What shape does John's awareness of his action take?
(a) Terror at the silence coming from Kathy now.
(b) Horror at the sight of what he's done.
(c) Sorrow over the redness and blisters on Kathy's skin.
(d) Repugnance from the smell of dead foliage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John arrange for Kathy, even though it saddened him?

2. What cost John the victory in the election?

3. What happened to soldier Weatherby?

4. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?

5. How does John describe the scene he encountered after reading Kathy's letter?

(see the answer key)

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