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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. What does John omit from his letters to Kathy from Vietnam?

2. How do John and Kathy treat each other by their seventh day at the cabin?

3. What did Kathy have at age 34?

4. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?

5. What does John tell Kathy about in his letters from Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does John tell Kathy in his letters from Vietnam?

4. Describe the effect of reading In the Lake of the Woods.

5. Where does the narrator says that Kathy might have gone in his hypothesis in Chapter 9?

6. Why did John join the military?

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

8. Describe the importance of the abortion Kathy had.

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

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

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

What is magic, and what role does it play in In the Lake of the Woods? Are things accomplished by unseen forces? Are there always gimmicks behind how things happen?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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