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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kathy suspect John of when he joins the military?
(a) Deceitfulness.
(b) Running from the law.
(c) Murder.
(d) Political aspirations.

2. What is the relationship between Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson?
(a) Lux gives Vinny Pearson freedom to ask John whatever he wants.
(b) Lux threatens to fire Vinny Pearson if he keeps asking questions.
(c) Lux does not allow Vinny Pearson's distrustful questions.
(d) Lux backs Vinny Pearson's aggressive questioning.

3. Where is John in Chapter 13, "The Nature of the Beast"?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Lake of the Woods.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) His childhood home.

4. Who is Kathy?
(a) John's friend.
(b) John's campaign manager.
(c) John's wife.
(d) John's daughter.

5. How many times did John wake up during the night in Chapter 8?
(a) Three times.
(b) He never went to sleep.
(c) Twice.
(d) He didn't wake up till morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude Rasmussen recommend John do in Chapter 15, "What the Questions Were"?

2. Where did John and Kathy meet?

3. What did John's campaign manager call John's opponent's tactics?

4. What evidence did the clerk from town contribute to the discussion Arthur Lux and Vinny Pearson had with John?

5. What does Vinny think happened?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens shortly after John got this letter from Kathy?

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

4. What do we hear about Weatherby that adds to what we heard about earlier?

5. What does Kathy tell John in a letter to him in Vietnam?

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

7. Describe the importance of the abortion Kathy had.

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

9. How does the narrator describe Kathy's feelings in the hypothesis in Chapter 9?

10. How well are John and Kathy doing, at coping with events?

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