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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe the narrator of In the Lake of the Woods.
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Third person omniscient.

2. What happens to John after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) His father dies.
(b) He learns magic tricks.
(c) He loses the election.
(d) The massacre at Thuan Yen.

3. What happened to John when he was 14?
(a) His father was sent to Vietnam.
(b) His father died.
(c) His parents divorced.
(d) His mother took him out of school.

4. What happened to soldier Weatherby?
(a) John rescued him.
(b) John shot him.
(c) John held him while he died.
(d) John recovered his body.

5. How do John and Kathy deal with the fact that their dreams are impossible for the moment?
(a) They don't talk about it.
(b) They are careful about bringing up the topic gently.
(c) They lament it again and again.
(d) They are brutal with each other, trading accusations and insults.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does John go the day after the night of the boiling plants?

3. What does John tell himself about Weatherby?

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

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

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