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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Madame offer to the narrator when he visits in Chapter 8?
(a) Pho.
(b) Bún bò Huế.
(c) Bahn mi.
(d) Spring rolls.

2. 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) Watership Down.
(b) The Thin Red Line.
(c) Hard Knock.
(d) Venice Beach.

3. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Milk.
(d) Sugar water.

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

5. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

6. Where does the narrator describe finally seeing the Auteur's film in Chapter 10?
(a) In Bangkok.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Los Angeles.

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

8. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?
(a) The Tet Offensive.
(b) The Nixon Doctrine.
(c) The Ho Chi Minh Campaign.
(d) The Phoenix Program.

9. What is the name of the Auteur's gardener?
(a) Jason.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Jose.
(d) Danny Boy.

10. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?
(a) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Richard Hedd.

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

12. What is the name of Bon's wife?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Lana.
(c) Linh.
(d) Violet.

13. What do the extras bring to the narrator at the hospital in Chapter 11?
(a) Water and oranges.
(b) A fruit basket and bottle of Johnnie Walker.
(c) A refined script sent by the director.
(d) His rucksack and his clothing.

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

15. Who is described as the A-Team's only black soldier in the Auteur's film?
(a) Sergeant Jay Walters.
(b) Sergeant Pete Attucks.
(c) Captain Will Shamus.
(d) Captain Anderson Rockwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?

2. Where does the narrator say Ms. Mori lives in Chapter 5?

3. What job has Bon taken in Chapter 5?

4. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

5. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?

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