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

2. What does the narrator say motivated John to join the military?
(a) Desire for structure.
(b) Desire for firepower.
(c) Desire for escape.
(d) Desire for distinction.

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

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

5. What has just taken place when In the Lake of the Woods begins?
(a) A massacre.
(b) A birth.
(c) Primary elections.
(d) A murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John remember from the night of the boiling water?

2. What does John tell Kathy about in his letters from Vietnam?

3. What is the relationship between Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson?

4. What comes out about Sorcerer in testimony during the court martial?

5. What does John tell himself about Weatherby?

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