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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. What did John's father call him when John was a child?
(a) Jiggling John.
(b) Nerd.
(c) Fatty.
(d) Slick.

2. Which of these is NOT a secret John keeps from everyone?
(a) His role in the events at Thuan Yen.
(b) What happened to Weatherby.
(c) What his father called him as a child.
(d) That he is at home in Vietnam.

3. What evidence did the clerk from town contribute to the discussion Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson had with John?
(a) That Kathy had threatened to leave John.
(b) That Kathy had threatened to ruin John's career.
(c) That John and Kathy had been arguing.
(d) That John had threatened to kill Kathy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Tony Carbo?

3. What is the result of O'Brien titling more than one chapter "Hypothesis"?

4. Why is John feeling humiliated?

5. When did John and Kathy meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the importance of the abortion Kathy had.

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

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

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

5. What is Claude Rasmussen's opinion about what happened?

6. What do we hear about Weatherby that adds to what we heard about earlier?

7. What indication does the book give us about what really happened?

8. Why did John join the military?

9. Describe the setting of the opening scene of In the Lake of the Woods.

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

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