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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Bon and the narrator go to discuss the narrator's mission with Sonny in Chapter 16?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A billiards hall.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A coffee shop.

2. Whose gold-painted bust sits in the commissar's office?
(a) Nguyen Cao Ky's.
(b) Chairman Mao's.
(c) Ho Chi Minh's.
(d) Ngo Dinh Diem's.

3. When was Ho Chi Minh born?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1922.

4. What river does the narrator describe in the distance in Chapter 18?
(a) The Red River.
(b) The Saigon River.
(c) The Perfume River.
(d) The Mekong River.

5. What does the narrator put on after killing Sonny in Chapter 16?
(a) A black hood and scarf.
(b) A red wig and glasses.
(c) A blond wig and sunglasses.
(d) A woman's dress.

6. What drinks does the narrator buy for Lana at the club in Chapter 14?
(a) Scotch and sodas.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Vodka martinis.
(d) Gimlets.

7. What does the narrator describe the doctor, commandant, and the commissar wearing in Chapter 22?
(a) White jackets.
(b) Black suits.
(c) Red uniforms.
(d) Yellow uniforms.

8. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

9. What country has Vietnam invaded and seized in Chapter 23?
(a) Laos.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) China.

10. What word from Chapter 16 refers to the treatment of light and shade in painting?
(a) Augument.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Chiaroscuro.
(d) Articulation.

11. The red banner in the commissar's office says "Nothing is more precious than" what?
(a) "Necessity and hope."
(b) "Love and peace."
(c) "Independence and freedom."
(d) "Nothing."

12. How did the narrator's father die?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) He was shot.

13. For how long do Bon and the narrator ride in the truck after leaving the prison in Chapter 23?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 8 days.

14. What movie does the narrator go to see with Bon in Chapter 17?
(a) Plattoon.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Hamlet.
(d) Apocalypse Now.

15. When did Chairman Mao die?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 23 means seemingly absurd or self-contradictory?

2. What word from Chapter 19 means having an obstinately uncooperative attitute or discipline?

3. Whom does the narrator cite in having said "men will die for bits of ribbon pinned to their chests" in Chapter 13?

4. What is the title of the newspaper article Sonny writes about the field maneuvers in Chapter 14?

5. How old was the narrator when he swore a blood oath as blood brothers with Bon?

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