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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ho Chi Minh die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1959.

2. What kind of gun does the narrator take to kill Sonny with in Chapter 16?
(a) A Vickers machine gun.
(b) A Walther P22.
(c) A M2 Browning.
(d) A Winchester 97.

3. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "A bastard."
(b) "Nothing at all."
(c) "A prodigy."
(d) "His love child."

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

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

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. The red banner in the commissar's office says "Nothing is more precious than" what?

4. What is the name of the Vietnamese sister in the Auteur's film?

5. What is the dish soap that James Yoon is known for promoting in television commercials?

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