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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Under Asian communism, everything but" what "is free"?
(a) "Life."
(b) "Sex."
(c) "Politics."
(d) "Death."

3. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Richard Hedd.
(d) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

4. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?
(a) Basil Argyros.
(b) Jane Blonde.
(c) Alan Blunt.
(d) James Bond.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

2. On what date did the Fall of Saigon occur?

3. What is the name of Bon's son?

4. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?

5. How old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?

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