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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of O'Brien titling more than one chapter "Hypothesis"?
(a) We return to the same question over and over.
(b) We get confused about where the narrative is taking us.
(c) We doubt the narrator's credibility.
(d) We lose our sense of time.

2. What does John say in response to Patricia's anger?
(a) That he had been looking for Kathy.
(b) That he quit drinking years ago.
(c) That he had been having a hard time with a lot of things.
(d) That he thought Kathy would turn up.

3. What did Deborah Lindquist say Kathy called John in college?
(a) The sorcerer.
(b) James Bond.
(c) Inspector Clouseau.
(d) Inspector Gadget.

4. What was it about going out with Harmon that excited Kathy, according to the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?
(a) Harmon's good looks.
(b) Harmon's ease with money.
(c) Harmon's sense of humor.
(d) The danger of cheating on John.

5. Where did the sheriff come out to the lake from?
(a) Rainy River.
(b) Baudette.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) St. Paul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did John react when he and his company were caught in a firefight?

3. What does John tell himself about Weatherby?

4. What direction does John travel in Chapter 28, "How He Went Away"?

5. How old is Kathy at the beginning of In the Lake of the Woods?

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