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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?
(a) By threatening to kill the Watchman's family.
(b) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is a woman.
(c) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is communist.
(d) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.

2. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?
(a) The General's.
(b) Claude's.
(c) Man's.
(d) Bon's.

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

4. What does the word "epicurean" mean in Chapter 1?
(a) A type of lobster.
(b) A writer of poetry.
(c) A flower from northeast Asia.
(d) A lover of sensual pleasures.

5. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "His love child."
(b) "A bastard."
(c) "Nothing at all."
(d) "A prodigy."

6. What Beatles' song does the narrator describe singing in the bar with Man and Bon in Chapter 1?
(a) "Yesterday."
(b) "Black Bird."
(c) "Help!"
(d) "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

7. What was the narrator's father's profession?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was a clothing store owner.
(c) He was a baker.
(d) He was a priest.

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

9. What is the name of the film that the narrator is to advise about?
(a) Plattoon.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Apocalypse Now.
(d) The Hamlet.

10. When did the narrator meet Claude?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1970.

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

12. Where does Lana attend college?
(a) New York University.
(b) The University of California at Berkeley.
(c) Rutgers, the University of New Jersey.
(d) Princeton University.

13. What is the dish soap that James Yoon is known for promoting in television commercials?
(a) Sheen.
(b) Sudz.
(c) Brawn.
(d) Cleanse.

14. What character is the Thespian playing in the film?
(a) Sergeant Jay Bellamy.
(b) Sergeant Jay Walters.
(c) Captain Will Shamus.
(d) Captain Anderson Rockwell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?

2. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?

3. Where is Asia Soo's mother from?

4. What infamous Nazi does the author describe in Chapter 8?

5. What is Ms. Mori's first name?

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