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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 old is the Department Chair described as in Chapter 4?
(a) 50-60 years old.
(b) 70-80 years old.
(c) 30-40 years old.
(d) 40-50 years old.

2. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Jane Blonde.
(c) Basil Argyros.
(d) Alan Blunt.

3. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "A prodigy."
(b) "Nothing at all."
(c) "A bastard."
(d) "His love child."

4. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 32.

5. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Richard Hedd.
(d) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

2. What is the name of Bon's wife?

3. What is Ms. Mori's first name?

4. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?

5. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?

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