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

2. What is the title of the newspaper article Sonny writes about the field maneuvers in Chapter 14?
(a) "Communism Arises."
(b) "Move On, War Over."
(c) "Accidental Tourists."
(d) "War on the Front Lines."

3. What does the word "epicurean" mean in Chapter 1?
(a) A writer of poetry.
(b) A lover of sensual pleasures.
(c) A type of lobster.
(d) A flower from northeast Asia.

4. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?
(a) 1942-1946.
(b) 1955-1972.
(c) 1945-1955.
(d) 1936-1945.

5. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?
(a) Richard Hedd.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 11, "The longer I worked on the Movie, the more I was convinced that I was not only a technical consultant on an artistic project, but an infiltrator into a work of" what?

2. What book is Asia Soo reading when the narrator approaches her by the pool in Chapter 10?

3. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?

4. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?

5. What infamous Nazi does the author describe in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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