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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. What does the narrator say his mother called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "Her love child."
(b) "A child prodigy."
(c) "Her tree of life."
(d) "A bastard."

4. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?
(a) 6'2".
(b) 5'8".
(c) 6'4".
(d) 5'11".

5. To what religion does Bon ascribe?
(a) Islam.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Hinduism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Bon's son?

2. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

3. Where is the General's store located, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

4. What was the narrator's father's profession?

5. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?

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