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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 remember from the night of the boiling water?
(a) Admitting his crime in Vietnam.
(b) Pouring boiling water on himself.
(c) Killing Kathy.
(d) Kathy not being in bed.

2. Who is Kathy?
(a) John's daughter.
(b) John's wife.
(c) John's campaign manager.
(d) John's friend.

3. What happened when the 'secrets' were released before the election?
(a) John's family disowned him.
(b) Friends stole away.
(c) Kathy abandoned him.
(d) Supporters rallied around him.

4. What was Kathy's bid secret?
(a) That she was pregnant.
(b) That she had been having an affair.
(c) That she was running away from the law.
(d) That she was glad John's political days were over.

5. What imagery does O'Brien use to convey the scene of John's anger and Kathy's reaction to it?
(a) The comparison of John's pain to electric eels.
(b) The scent of wet wool.
(c) The sound of water splashing.
(d) The sound of screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?

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

3. What does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?

4. What did John do in the middle of the night?

5. What happened to John when he was 14?

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