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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Under Asian communism, everything but" what "is free"?
(a) "Death."
(b) "Life."
(c) "Politics."
(d) "Sex."

2. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(d) Chairman Mao.

3. What does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?
(a) Bigotry.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Corruption.

4. Where does the narrator describe attending a wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Westminster.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

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

6. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?
(a) Stenography.
(b) Steganography.
(c) Lithography.
(d) Patriarchy.

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

8. What is one of the nicknames for the Congressman that the narrator describes in Chapter 7?
(a) The Unifier.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Napalm Ned.
(d) T-Rex.

9. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy in the Auteur's film?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Filipino.
(d) Hispanic.

10. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) New York.
(c) Manila.
(d) Saigon.

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

12. Where does the narrator land after returning from the movie set in Chapter 12?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

13. Where is the General's store located, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) On Hollywood Boulevard.
(b) On North Broadway.
(c) On Atlantic Avenue.
(d) On Houston Street.

14. What is the name of the Vietnamese sister in the Auteur's film?
(a) Linh.
(b) Lana.
(c) Asia.
(d) Mai.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is the Thespian playing in the film?

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

3. The narrator says in Chapter 11, "The longer I worked on the Movie, the more I was convinced that I was not only a technical consultant on an artistic project, but an infiltrator into a work of" what?

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

5. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?

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