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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

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

4. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

5. Who does the commandant refer to as "our greatest revolutionary poet" in Chapter 19?
(a) To Huu.
(b) Tran Te Xuong.
(c) Nguyen Khuyen.
(d) Van Cao.

Short Answer Questions

1. The commandant tells the narrator in Chapter 19, "you are a communist only in name. In practice, you are" what?

2. Where do Bon and the narrator go to discuss the narrator's mission with Sonny in Chapter 16?

3. Who is the commissar revealed to be in Chapter 19?

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

5. What is the name of Bon's wife?

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