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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?
(a) 5'8".
(b) 6'2".
(c) 6'4".
(d) 5'11".

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

5. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Huntington Beach.
(b) Newport Beach.
(c) San Clementine.
(d) Santa Ana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where is Asia Soo's mother from?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Japan.

13. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To Bon.
(b) To the General.
(c) To the Commandant.
(d) To the Congressman.

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

15. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Department Chair described as in Chapter 4?

2. Where does the narrator describe attending a wedding in Chapter 7?

3. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?

4. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?

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

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