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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?
(a) To his home.
(b) To an office building.
(c) To a hotel.
(d) To a country club.

2. 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 reveal that the Watchman is communist.
(c) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.
(d) By threatening to kill the Watchman's family.

3. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?
(a) An Aigo camera.
(b) A Canon camera.
(c) A Minox camera.
(d) A Polaroid camera.

4. What word from Chapter 15 refers to a celestial nymph?
(a) Augustis.
(b) Delphine.
(c) Dorani.
(d) Aspara.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Asia Soo's father from?

3. What Beatles' song does the narrator describe singing in the bar with Man and Bon in Chapter 1?

4. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?

5. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

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