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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What district does the Congressman represent?
(a) Siskiyou County.
(b) Orange County.
(c) Kings County.
(d) Trinity County.

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

4. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

5. What is the name of Bon's son?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Linh.
(c) Claude.
(d) Duc.

6. 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 communist.
(c) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is a woman.
(d) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.

7. 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) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Alexandre Dumas.
(d) Karl Marx.

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

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

10. 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.

11. To what song does the General go onstage to dance with the performer at the wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) "Twist and Shout."
(b) "Black Bird."
(c) "Black is Black."
(d) "Satisfaction."

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

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

14. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Laos.
(d) Taiwan.

15. Who has the General enlisted to help the narrator in killing the major in Chapter 5?
(a) Claude.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Madame.
(d) Bon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who awaits the narrator when he arrives back in the U.S. from the movie set in Chapter 12?

2. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?

3. Of what ethnicity is James Yoon described in Chapter 10?

4. What does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?

5. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

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