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

2. What is the name of Bon's son?
(a) Claude.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Duc.
(d) Linh.

3. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?
(a) 22.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 26.

4. What Beatles' song does the narrator describe singing in the bar with Man and Bon in Chapter 1?
(a) "Black Bird."
(b) "Yesterday."
(c) "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
(d) "Help!"

5. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the Commandant.
(b) To the General.
(c) To Bon.
(d) To the Congressman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job has Bon taken in Chapter 5?

2. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?

3. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?

4. What is described as "the cue for the evacuation's final phase" in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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