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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?
(a) Alan Blunt.
(b) James Bond.
(c) Jane Blonde.
(d) Basil Argyros.

3. Who awaits the narrator when he arrives back in the U.S. from the movie set in Chapter 12?
(a) The General.
(b) Madame.
(c) Bon.
(d) Man.

4. What was Lana's major in college?
(a) Art history.
(b) American History.
(c) Theater.
(d) Biology.

5. What is the name of the movie director's assistant?
(a) Asia.
(b) Violet.
(c) Linh.
(d) Lana.

6. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?
(a) "The corruption."
(b) "The people."
(c) "The racism."
(d) "The culture."

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

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

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

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

11. What is the name of the Congressman's wife?
(a) Rita.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Lena.

12. 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) Bon's.
(d) Man's.

13. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) The Thin Red Line.
(b) Venice Beach.
(c) Hard Knock.
(d) Apocalpyse Now.

14. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as "A critically lauded movie about the travails of Greek American youth in the inflamed streets of Detroit"?
(a) Venice Beach.
(b) Hard Knock.
(c) The Thin Red Line.
(d) Watership Down.

15. How old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?
(a) 52.
(b) 39.
(c) 37.
(d) 46.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe finally seeing the Auteur's film in Chapter 10?

2. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?

3. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?

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

5. 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?

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