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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job has Bon taken in Chapter 5?
(a) A banking position.
(b) A hotel clerk position.
(c) A store clerk position.
(d) A butcher position.

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

3. What business has the General decided to open to raise money for the movement in Chapter 12?
(a) A fish shop.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) An electronics store.
(d) A shoe store.

4. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?
(a) The Nixon Doctrine.
(b) The Ho Chi Minh Campaign.
(c) The Phoenix Program.
(d) The Tet Offensive.

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

6. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?
(a) Claude.
(b) The General.
(c) Bon.
(d) Man.

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

8. What book is Asia Soo reading when the narrator approaches her by the pool in Chapter 10?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
(d) Wild Ducks Flying Backwards.

9. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?
(a) Claude.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Bon.
(d) Ngo.

10. What is Ms. Mori's first name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Violet.

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

12. To what religion does Bon ascribe?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Hinduism.

13. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a straight, close-fitting silk dress with a high neck?
(a) Qípáo.
(b) Hantyu.
(c) Cheongsam.
(d) Ao dai.

14. Of what ethnicity is James Yoon described in Chapter 10?
(a) Japanese American.
(b) Korean American.
(c) African American.
(d) Vietnamese American.

15. 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) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(d) Chairman Mao.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Asia Soo's father from?

2. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?

3. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

4. Where does the narrator land after returning from the movie set in Chapter 12?

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

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