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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Cartagena”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?
(a) Nam.
(b) Linda.
(c) John.
(d) Lee.

2. Who does Nam awake to find standing outside his bedroom door?
(a) His friend.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His girlfriend.

3. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?
(a) Flash fiction.
(b) A memoir.
(c) Ethnic literature.
(d) Autobiography.

4. What does Luis ask the narrator when he has his gun pointing at his target’s face?
(a) What he should do next.
(b) If he should kill him fast.
(c) If he should let him go.
(d) If he has the right guy.

5. What does Nam’s father notice in his apartment, saying he knew he would never really quit?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A violin.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) A piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Ron’s boss go by?

2. What name does the narrator go by as explained in the middle of the story Cartagena?

3. Who did Nam’s father see get executed by an American soldier when he was young?

4. What is one thing Nam does to try to break his writer’s block?

5. What do Claudia and Eduardo do to the target before they leave him?

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