View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many fingers does the narrator describe the General having lost in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

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

4. What does the word "epicurean" mean in Chapter 1?
(a) A lover of sensual pleasures.
(b) A type of lobster.
(c) A flower from northeast Asia.
(d) A writer of poetry.

5. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"
(a) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say his mother called him in Chapter 2?

4. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?

5. What is Ms. Mori's first name?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample