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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William Calley say when he is questioned?
(a) He says that the outfit was under enormous strain, and attributes the massacre to collective madness.
(b) He says that all villagers were considered enemies.
(c) He says that the captain had inculcated an atmosphere of reckless hostility that led to the massacre.
(d) He says that the enemy had militarized civilians.

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 does not allow Vinny Pearson's distrustful questions.
(c) Lux threatens to fire Vinny Pearson if he keeps asking questions.
(d) Lux backs Vinny Pearson's aggressive questioning.

3. What does the author interject about Kathy's disappearance?
(a) That it was just a matter of time until her disappearance was understood.
(b) That John knew very well what happened.
(c) That it might not have happened the way John thinks.
(d) That John was going to have to do something about the witnesses to her disappearance.

4. What does John do the morning after the night of the boiling plants?
(a) Goes for a hike.
(b) Writes Kathy a letter.
(c) Takes the boat out.
(d) Sleeps in.

5. What does John wonder about after Kathy has gone missing?
(a) What Kathy thought of him.
(b) Where he could go to escape suspicion for her disappearance.
(c) What would have happened if they'd made love.
(d) Whether Kathy had been having an affair.

6. What does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?
(a) Lots of children.
(b) A senator's authority.
(c) Their innocence.
(d) Lots of money.

7. What does Claude Rasmussen say about Vinny Pearson's suspicions?
(a) He says it's hard not to come to the same conclusion.
(b) He doesn't believe John had anything to do with Kathy's disappearance.
(c) He says Vinny Pearson distrusts every outsider.
(d) He says that Vinny Pearson is a difficult person to deal with, everyone thinks so.

8. What does Arthur Lux say about Kathy?
(a) That she will turn up one day.
(b) That he did everything he could to find her.
(c) That she is probably dead.
(d) That she is probably fine.

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

10. 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.

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

12. When does In the Lake of the Woods begin?
(a) July.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) May.

13. How does John describe the scene he encountered after reading Kathy's letter?
(a) He says that he and his company carried an enormous burden of suffering.
(b) He says that no one was dying quietly.
(c) He says that no one had been spared from suffering.
(d) He says that no one was in control of their pain.

14. When did John and Kathy meet?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1966.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hypothesize in Chapter 14, "Hypothesis"?

2. What happened when the 'secrets' were released before the election?

3. Where is John in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?

4. What had John and Kathy tried to do, that had been a failure?

5. What does John notice the morning after the night of the boiling plants?

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