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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and his friends drink at the nightclub in Chapter 14?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Cognac.
(c) Beer.
(d) Chardonnay.

2. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Stenography.
(c) Lithography.
(d) Steganography.

3. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?
(a) Claude.
(b) The General.
(c) Bon.
(d) Man.

4. Where did Madame organize a Tet celebration, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Lafayette County.
(b) Orange County.
(c) Anderson County.
(d) Clark County.

5. How many marines accompany the narrator and Bon across the border in Chapter 18?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What television show does the narrator watch with Lana in Chapter 16?

2. The narrator writes to the Commandant in Chapter 7, "We're revolutionaries, and revolutionaries can never be" what?

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

4. What is one of the nicknames for the Congressman that the narrator describes in Chapter 7?

5. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?

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