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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it impossible for John and Kathy to do the things they dream about doing?
(a) They are in debt.
(b) They are fleeing from the authorities.
(c) Kathy is ill.
(d) John is drinking too much.

2. When is Chapter 8, "How the Night Passed", set?
(a) The night before Kathy's disappearance.
(b) The night when John and his company massacred the Vietnamese.
(c) The night when John returned from the military.
(d) The night when John lost the election.

3. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?
(a) Stealing from Vietnamese.
(b) Raping prisoners.
(c) Taking trophies from dead bodies.
(d) Shooting women and children.

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

5. Where did John begin his political career?
(a) The Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party.
(b) The Minnesota Republican Party.
(c) The Minnesota Socialist Party.
(d) The military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John and Kathy meet?

2. What does Kathy say in the letter John gets in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?

3. What happened to soldier Weatherby?

4. What has just taken place when In the Lake of the Woods begins?

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

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