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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the nicknames for the Congressman that the narrator describes in Chapter 7?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) T-Rex.
(c) Napalm Ned.
(d) The Unifier.

2. What job has Bon taken in Chapter 5?
(a) A butcher position.
(b) A store clerk position.
(c) A banking position.
(d) A hotel clerk position.

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a straight, close-fitting silk dress with a high neck?
(a) Cheongsam.
(b) Qípáo.
(c) Hantyu.
(d) Ao dai.

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

5. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?
(a) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(b) The Last Battle.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Watership Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?

2. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?

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

4. How old is the Department Chair described as in Chapter 4?

5. Where is the General's store located, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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