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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 does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?
(a) Bigotry.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Corruption.

2. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Stenography.
(c) Lithography.
(d) Steganography.

3. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

4. How old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?
(a) 39.
(b) 37.
(c) 52.
(d) 46.

5. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Guam.
(b) Laos.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) The Philippines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?

2. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

3. What kind of store does the narrator describe the General opening in Chapter 5?

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

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

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