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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

2. What food item does the narrator describe missing terribly in his letter to his aunt in Chapter 4?
(a) Fish sauce.
(b) Lemongrass.
(c) Soy sauce.
(d) Pho.

3. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"
(a) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

4. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1972.

5. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?
(a) An ao dai.
(b) A cheongsam.
(c) A tangzhuang.
(d) A zhongshan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a straight, close-fitting silk dress with a high neck?

2. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?

3. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?

4. To what song does the General go onstage to dance with the performer at the wedding in Chapter 7?

5. What is the name of the Congressman's wife?

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