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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are the soldiers from John's outfit being questioned in Chapter 16, "Evidence"?
(a) In a court martial hearing.
(b) In a Congressional investigation.
(c) In an investigation into Kathy's disappearance.
(d) In a newspaper article.

3. How tall is Kathy?
(a) Five two.
(b) Five six.
(c) Five eight.
(d) Five four.

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

5. What does John say about secrets?
(a) That he keeps them from himself.
(b) That he tells Kathy everything.
(c) That he doesn't keep them.
(d) That he doesn't share certain secrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kathy's bid secret?

2. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?

3. What does Kathy suspect John of when he joins the military?

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

5. When does In the Lake of the Woods begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What limits are imposed on the omniscience of the narrator?

2. What is the problem with the hypothesis in Chapter 14?

3. What additional information do we get about the night of the boiling plants?

4. Describe the importance of the abortion Kathy had.

5. What do we learn about John's character from the evidence and narrative?

6. What do Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson think happened to Kathy?

7. Describe the difference between Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson.

8. What sources does the narrator use, to piece together the story?

9. When did the Wades discover that the election was lost?

10. What did John discover when he returned from the war?

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