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

2. What is the name of the Auteur's gardener?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Jose.
(c) Danny Boy.
(d) Jason.

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

4. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?
(a) Milk.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Sugar water.

5. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?

2. What food item does the narrator describe missing terribly in his letter to his aunt in Chapter 4?

3. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?

4. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?

5. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?

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