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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?
(a) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Richard Hedd.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

2. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Huntington Beach.
(b) Newport Beach.
(c) San Clementine.
(d) Santa Ana.

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

4. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?
(a) A tangzhuang.
(b) A cheongsam.
(c) A zhongshan.
(d) An ao dai.

5. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator writes to the Commandant in Chapter 7, "We're revolutionaries, and revolutionaries can never be" what?

2. What is played over the loudspeakers to torture the narrator in Chapter 22?

3. What word from Chapter 19 means having an obstinately uncooperative attitute or discipline?

4. What does Sonny offer the narrator to drink at his apartment in Chapter 16?

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

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