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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?
(a) To eat it.
(b) To burn it.
(c) To sell it.
(d) To copy it.

2. What is played over the loudspeakers to torture the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) Rap music.
(b) Country music.
(c) A baby screaming.
(d) American pop music.

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

4. What does the navigator say the odds are for successful escape in Chapter 23?
(a) 70/30.
(b) 80/20.
(c) 60/40.
(d) 50/50.

5. What word from Chapter 23 means seemingly absurd or self-contradictory?
(a) Paradoxical.
(b) Illustrious.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Industrious.

6. What word in the book refers to a woman professionally trained to assist a woman in childbirth?
(a) Ashana.
(b) Maitre' d.
(c) Entourage.
(d) Doula.

7. What is the revue that Lana performs for in Chapter 14?
(a) Cats.
(b) Fantasia.
(c) The Bridge.
(d) Milano.

8. At what time does the narrator arrive at Sonny's apartment to kill him in Chapter 16?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

9. What does the narrator describe marriage as in Chapter 15?
(a) Perfection.
(b) Union.
(c) Love.
(d) Slavery.

10. What kind of gun does Bon carry as he and the narrator cross the border in Chapter 18?
(a) A Vickers.
(b) An M16.
(c) A Winchester 97.
(d) A M2 Browning.

11. Where does the General say his men were surrounded when he was taken to a Communist prison camp in Chapter 16?
(a) Bà Rịa.
(b) Long Xuyên.
(c) Dien Bien Phu.
(d) Can Tho

12. Whom does the narrator cite in having said "men will die for bits of ribbon pinned to their chests" in Chapter 13?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Chairman Mao.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

13. What color do the narrator and his entourage wear as they cross the border in Chapter 18?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

14. What does the narrator bring to Ms. Mori's house in Chapter 13?
(a) Chinese takeout and sodas.
(b) Wine and cigars.
(c) Scotch and bread.
(d) Vodka and cigarettes.

15. What kind of gun does the commissar place in the narrator's hand in Chapter 22?
(a) A Smith & Wesson 317.
(b) A Tokarev.
(c) An M32.
(d) A Skoda 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and his friends drink at the nightclub in Chapter 14?

2. For how long does Sonny say he's lived in the U.S. in Chapter 13?

3. What phrase does the narrator describe as Ho Chi Minh's "empty suit" in Chapter 23?

4. How many sons does the navigator have?

5. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

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