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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do we discover that Kathy is missing?

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

3. What does Vinny think happened?

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

5. What does John promise Kathy they will take on their travels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John think about Kathy's absence?

3. Why did John join the military?

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

5. How does Kathy die in the hypothesis in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

9. Why did John lose the election?

10. Describe the importance of the abortion Kathy had.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of 'In the Lake of the Woods'. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

How does this book create its effect on the reader? Describe in detail how Tim O'Brien uses a combination of suspense and details to draw the reader in.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are the investigations into Kathy's disappear and the massacre at Thuan Yen parallel? In what ways are they different?

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