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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. Where was Kathy when John made his concession speech on election night?
(a) At her sister's house.
(b) By his side.
(c) At home.
(d) At a fundraiser.

2. How does Claude Rasmussen refer to Canada in his note to John?
(a) A good place to get lost.
(b) A good place to start over.
(c) A good place to find yourself.
(d) A good place to find things.

3. What does Eleanor Wade say about why her husband killed himself?
(a) Neither she nor John could ever come up with a reason.
(b) He could never stop drinking.
(c) He was clearly unhappy about their finances.
(d) He never got over a lost childhood love.

4. How does Tony Carbo describe his relationship with John to Kathy?
(a) The alter ego.
(b) The wizard.
(c) The trusty assistant.
(d) The numbers man.

5. What parallel does Patricia draw between John and Kathy?
(a) John's violent past was the equivalent of Kathy's violent future.
(b) John's lies were the equivalent to Kathy's secrets.
(c) John's career was the equivalent of Kathy's affair.
(d) John's magic was the analogous to Kathy's forgiveness of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Claude Rasmussen say he will go with John?

2. How does Kathy tell Tony Carbo she felt after her affair with Harmon?

3. What evidence does the narrator describe for this hypothesis?

4. What did John think about the work he did at his desk job?

5. What does John ask Tony Carbo in response to Tony Carbo's announcement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Kathy and Tony Carbo.

2. What did Tony Carbo tell John and Kathy on the night of the election?

3. What was Kathy thinking about, in the narrator's hypothesis in Chapter 24?

4. What are Kathy's plans, according to the hypothesis in Chapter 18?

5. What does the narrator speculate in the hypothesis in Chapter 24?

6. Describe the conversation Kathy and Tony Carbo have after John finds them gambling together.

7. Describe how Patricia comes to Lake of the Woods.

8. What did John and Kathy do after John gave his concession speech on election night?

9. Describe the arrangements John makes for the day after Patricia's arrival?

10. What does the narrator speculate happened, in the hypothesis in Chapter 27?

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