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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the narrator's father's profession?
(a) He was a clothing store owner.
(b) He was a baker.
(c) He was a priest.
(d) He was a banker.

3. Where does the narrator describe attending a wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Westminster.

4. 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.

5. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?
(a) Watership Down.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(d) The Last Battle.

6. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?
(a) The General's.
(b) Man's.
(c) Claude's.
(d) Bon's.

7. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1954.

8. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?
(a) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is a woman.
(b) By threatening to kill the Watchman's family.
(c) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.
(d) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is communist.

9. Who is described as the A-Team's only black soldier in the Auteur's film?
(a) Sergeant Jay Walters.
(b) Sergeant Pete Attucks.
(c) Captain Will Shamus.
(d) Captain Anderson Rockwell.

10. Who has the General enlisted to help the narrator in killing the major in Chapter 5?
(a) Madame.
(b) Bon.
(c) Sonny.
(d) Claude.

11. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) Hard Knock.
(b) Venice Beach.
(c) Apocalpyse Now.
(d) The Thin Red Line.

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

13. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) San Diego.

14. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) New York.
(d) Manila.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?

2. What business has the General decided to open to raise money for the movement in Chapter 12?

3. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?

4. Who awaits the narrator when he arrives back in the U.S. from the movie set in Chapter 12?

5. Where does the narrator say Ms. Mori lives in Chapter 5?

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