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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 color pencil does the commandant use because Stalin did, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. During what years was Ho Chi Minh president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
(a) 1950-1969.
(b) 1945-1969.
(c) 1962-1972.
(d) 1955-1962.

3. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?
(a) To a country club.
(b) To an office building.
(c) To his home.
(d) To a hotel.

4. What does the commandant drink during his meeting with the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Rice wine.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Scotch.

5. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Alexandre Dumas.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?

2. What book is Asia Soo reading when the narrator approaches her by the pool in Chapter 10?

3. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?

4. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?

5. What is the first number that Lana performs at the club in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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