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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lana attend college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Rutgers, the University of New Jersey.
(d) The University of California at Berkeley.

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

3. What is the name of the movie director's assistant?
(a) Asia.
(b) Linh.
(c) Violet.
(d) Lana.

4. What was Lana's major in college?
(a) Theater.
(b) Art history.
(c) Biology.
(d) American History.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?

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

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

4. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?

5. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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