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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. How does the narrator describe the killing at Thuan Yen?
2. How does John spend his time in Chapter 19, "What was Found"?
3. What happened when John showed up where Kathy and Tony Carbo were gambling?
4. What does John tell Claude Rasmussen in response?
5. How does Tony Carbo describe his relationship with John to Kathy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Kathy's plans, according to the hypothesis in Chapter 18?
2. Why did John reenlist after his first tour in Vietnam?
3. Describe the relationship between John and Vinny Pearson in Chapter 23, "Where They Looked".
4. What are Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson's opinions about John according to the evidence presented in Chapter 25?
5. What did John and Kathy do after John gave his concession speech on election night?
6. What does Arthur Lux tell John when John goes into town to meet Patricia?
7. What does Eleanor Wade say about John's father's death and its effect on John?
8. What did John and his company do after the massacre?
9. Describe the scene of the massacre as the evidence reveals it in Chapter 21.
10. What did the evidence presented in Chapter 25 indicate about the massacre in Thuan Yen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what degree is this book internally consistent? How much does it follow the rules it lays out for its own unfolding?
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of In the Lake of the Woods--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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