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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?
(a) Bon.
(b) Claude.
(c) Ngo.
(d) Sonny.

2. The narrator begins Chapter 14 saying, "Sometimes the work of a subversive is purposeful, but sometimes, I confess, it is" what?
(a) "Murderous."
(b) "Cerebral."
(c) "Accidental."
(d) "Intense."

3. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

4. What was the narrator's father's profession?
(a) He was a priest.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a baker.
(d) He was a clothing store owner.

5. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the General.
(b) To Bon.
(c) To the Congressman.
(d) To the Commandant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?

2. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?

3. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?

4. What district does the Congressman represent?

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

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