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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?
(a) Chairman Mao.
(b) Emilio Aguinaldo.
(c) Ferdinand Marcos.
(d) Karl Marx.

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

3. What do the extras bring to the narrator at the hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) A fruit basket and bottle of Johnnie Walker.
(b) His rucksack and his clothing.
(c) A refined script sent by the director.
(d) Water and oranges.

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

5. What does the narrator say his mother called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "Her love child."
(b) "A child prodigy."
(c) "A bastard."
(d) "Her tree of life."

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

2. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy in the Auteur's film?

3. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?

4. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

5. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Under Asian communism, everything but" what "is free"?

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