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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John and Kathy know that the election was lost?
(a) Election night.
(b) Six weeks after the election, when the last appeal was turned down.
(c) Three days after the election.
(d) Weeks before election night.

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

3. Where is John in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Lake of the Woods.
(d) His childhood home.

4. What cost John the victory in the election?
(a) A surprise revelation.
(b) Illness.
(c) Criminal charges.
(d) A sexual harassment complaint.

5. Where does John promise to take Kathy?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Verona.
(c) Venice.
(d) Paris.

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

7. What does Eleanor Wade say about her son?
(a) That he was brave and intelligent.
(b) That he couldn't have hurt Kathy.
(c) That he was not a liar.
(d) That he would pay the money he owed.

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

9. What did John arrange for Kathy, even though it saddened him?
(a) A job in politics.
(b) An adoption.
(c) A job away from him.
(d) An abortion.

10. What did John make in his first job in politics?
(a) Contacts.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Money.
(d) History.

11. What was John's relationship with his father like?
(a) Disdainful.
(b) Disjointed.
(c) Affectionate.
(d) Distrustful.

12. Where did John begin his political career?
(a) The Minnesota Socialist Party.
(b) The Minnesota Republican Party.
(c) The Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party.
(d) The military.

13. What was John like in the beginning of his relationship with Kathy?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Obsessive.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Indifferent.

14. Where did John and Kathy meet?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Lake of the Woods.
(d) University of Minnesota.

15. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?
(a) Shooting women and children.
(b) Taking trophies from dead bodies.
(c) Raping prisoners.
(d) Stealing from Vietnamese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude Rasmussen recommend John do in Chapter 15, "What the Questions Were"?

2. Who is Arthur Lux?

3. What happened to John when he was 14?

4. What does Claude Rasmussen say about Vinny Pearson's suspicions?

5. When did John and Kathy meet?

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