Characters
Literary Devices
Plot
Quotes
Miscellaneous
100

What was John's nickname in Vietnam?

What is Sorcerer?

100

What did John compare his and Kathy’s love to while in Vietnam? 

What is two snakes eating one?

100

What is one of the hypothesis about Kathy's disappearance?

What is John murdered her?

What is Kathy ran away?

What is she drowned?

What is suicide?

100

"One of these days you'll make me disappear." What literary device does this quote use?

What is foreshadowing?

100

What did Private Thinbill hate about Vietnam?

What is flies?

200

What trait did Kathy want in her ideal man which is the complete opposite of John?

What is honest?

200

What did Tim O'Brien allude to in the first chapter, that was also foreshadowing?

What is Verona, the city in Romeo and Juliet?

200

What plot structure does Tim O'Brien use for In the Lake of the Woods?

What is non-linear?

200

"The mirror made things better. The mirror made his father smile all the time." What theme does this quote support?

What is illusion versus reality?

200

What is another name for MyLai?

What is Thuan Yen?

300

What time did John wake up after boiling the plants?

What is close to noon?

300

What does the magic motif reveal about John?

What is John is deceptive, and has a need to control?

300

What piece of evidence supports Kathy's death as suicide?

What is Kathy's medication (Valium, Restoril)

300

"They sat there unhappy. They left unhappy, That's all I know." Myra Shaw (Waitress) What is the context to this quote?

What is a waitress that saw John and Kathy fighting before Kathy disappeared?

300

What is John's favorite magic trick that his father bought for him for Christmas and why?

What is the Guillotine of Death because it gave John power over his father for once? 

400
What is the name of the man that Kathy had an affair with?

What is Harmon?

400

What does Tony Carbo compare politics to?

What is seducing women?

400

What was John's secret from Vietnam?

What is he shot PFC Weatherby?

400
"... you may find yourself  crying in corners and vowing that his bodies may have died on him in Vietnam, the brass may have turned its collective back on him, but you will never desert him. He needs you. Whether he can say it or not, whether he can act like it or not, he needs you." - Patience H. C. Mason (Recovering from the War) Why was this included in the novel?

What is to provide historical context about women being expected to stay and be the carer for the war veterans. This also provides some context to Kathy's supporting role to John. 

400

What name would John's dad used to call him in fourth grade?

What is Jiggling John?