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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to news reports in Chapter 1, how is Paul Christian wounded?
(a) A suicide attempt.
(b) A tumble down stairs.
(c) A prison scuffle.
(d) A fall in the prison shower.

2. When Billy Dillon and Inez Victor visit Paul Christian, how does Paul say his brother must be celebrating?
(a) Saying thanks to the lord.
(b) Dancing in the street.
(c) Breaking out the champagne.
(d) Killing the fatted calf.

3. In what city did Frank Tawagata assist Harry Victor in his 1972 campaign?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Boston.
(c) Miami.
(d) Chicago.

4. What Bing Crosby song will play on the radio to announce Saigon's evacuation?
(a) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
(b) Don't Fence Me In.
(c) Blue Skies.
(d) Swinging On a Star.

5. In what periodical does Billy Dillon discover an Omura involved in the container business?
(a) The Economist.
(b) The Straits Times.
(c) Business Week.
(d) The Los Angeles Times.

6. Who does Billy Dillon implore Inez not to tell about the killings in this chapter?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Dick Ziegler.
(c) Adlai Victor.
(d) Dwight Christian.

7. In Chapter 11, what does Dick Ziegler tell Dwight Christian not to say?
(a) Janet is dying.
(b) The war cannot be won.
(c) His children will not come to Hawaii.
(d) Wendell Omura deserved to get shot.

8. Why is the helicopter engineer back in Vietnam after two years in the US?
(a) To start a covert operation in Laos.
(b) To get a job at the consulate.
(c) To assist the evacuation effort.
(d) To find his Vietnamese family.

9. Where does Jessie Victor want to get a job?
(a) Laos.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Vietnam.

10. To whom had Paul Christian been making frequent cryptic phone calls in the weeks leading up to the shooting?
(a) Inez Victor.
(b) Wendell Omura.
(c) Dick Ziegler.
(d) Ruthie Christian.

11. With whom does Lovett intend to confer upon arriving in Saigon?
(a) An airline stewardess.
(b) The U.S. consul.
(c) An English professor in town.
(d) A helicopter engineer.

12. What evidence does Jack Lovett bring to the Christian house that Jessie is in Vietnam?
(a) A photo of her in Da Nang.
(b) Her tennis visor.
(c) Her fake press pass.
(d) A copy of her license.

13. What does Billy Dillon do on the flight to Honolulu to calm himself?
(a) Takes one of Inez's Valiums.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Reads the Bible.
(d) Plays solitaire.

14. How long after landing in Vietnam in Chapter 2 does Jack Lovett happen upon Jessie?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) He does not find her.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 hours.

15. At Janet's wedding, what does Carol Christian loudly lament not being able to afford for her daughter?
(a) Tennis lessons.
(b) Ballet lessons.
(c) Piano lessons.
(d) Horseriding lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Lovett's primary concern regarding Jessie Victor's situation?

2. Whose housing development was Wendell Omura blocking?

3. According to Didion, what city is en route to nowhere?

4. in Johnston, what does Inez place inside Lovett's bodybag?

5. What is the ill-chosen name of Dick Ziegler's new development?

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