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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 through 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary term describes the description of Kathy's return from her time with Harmon?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Flashback.

2. What do John and Kathy do on their seventh day at the cabin?
(a) Swim and lie in the sun.
(b) Read and sleep and make love.
(c) Clean the cabin.
(d) Put in a garden.

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

4. What trait of John's intensified after his father's death?
(a) Sentimentalism.
(b) Need for attention.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Secrecy.

5. Where did the sheriff come out to the lake from?
(a) Baudette.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) Rainy River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say in response to Patricia's anger?

2. Why is John feeling humiliated?

3. Why does Tony Carbo say he didn't leave John earlier than the election night?

4. What does Paul Meadlo admit to when he is questioned?

5. What did John's father call him when he (John) was in eighth grade?

(see the answer key)

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