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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator meet Claude?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1962.

2. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
(a) Alexandre Dumas.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

3. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?
(a) "The culture."
(b) "The corruption."
(c) "The racism."
(d) "The people."

4. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Ferdinand Marcos.
(d) Emilio Aguinaldo.

5. The narrator writes to the Commandant in Chapter 7, "We're revolutionaries, and revolutionaries can never be" what?
(a) "Killed."
(b) "Honest."
(c) "Betrayed."
(d) "Innocent."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"

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

3. What is described as "the cue for the evacuation's final phase" in Chapter 5?

4. What food does Madame offer to the narrator when he visits in Chapter 8?

5. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

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