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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the commandant say the narrator is as opposed to a prisoner in Chapter 19?
(a) A patient.
(b) A guard.
(c) A visitor.
(d) A follower.

2. What does the narrator describe the doctor, commandant, and the commissar wearing in Chapter 22?
(a) Red uniforms.
(b) Black suits.
(c) Yellow uniforms.
(d) White jackets.

3. What television show does the narrator watch with Lana in Chapter 16?
(a) Maude.
(b) The Jeffersons.
(c) Mork and Mindy.
(d) Cheers.

4. Where do the narrator and Bon change planes on their trip to Thailand in Chapter 17?
(a) Laos.
(b) Japan.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Guam.

5. How old was the narrator when he swore a blood oath as blood brothers with Bon?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

6. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

7. Who greets the narrator and Bon when they arrive in Bangkok in Chapter 17?
(a) Man.
(b) Claude.
(c) The Auteur.
(d) The General.

8. What kind of truck is waiting for Bon and the narrator when they leave the prison in Chapter 23?
(a) A Ford truck.
(b) A Molotova truck.
(c) A Toyota truck.
(d) A Chevy truck.

9. What do the narrator and his friends drink at the nightclub in Chapter 14?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Beer.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Chardonnay.

10. Where does the General say his men were surrounded when he was taken to a Communist prison camp in Chapter 16?
(a) Bà Rịa.
(b) Dien Bien Phu.
(c) Long Xuyên.
(d) Can Tho

11. For how long does the narrator say he lived in the north in Vietnam in Chapter 19?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 9 years.

12. Where did the narrator, Bon, and Man swear their blood oath?
(a) In a salich grove.
(b) In a rice paddy.
(c) In a tamarind grove.
(d) In an elm grove.

13. Whose gold-painted bust sits in the commissar's office?
(a) Ho Chi Minh's.
(b) Chairman Mao's.
(c) Ngo Dinh Diem's.
(d) Nguyen Cao Ky's.

14. During what years was Ho Chi Minh president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
(a) 1945-1969.
(b) 1955-1962.
(c) 1950-1969.
(d) 1962-1972.

15. What word from Chapter 16 refers to the treatment of light and shade in painting?
(a) Chiaroscuro.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Augument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator bring to Ms. Mori's house in Chapter 13?

2. What drinks does the narrator buy for Lana at the club in Chapter 14?

3. What does Bon say happened to the Lao farmer in Chapter 23?

4. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?

5. What is the revue that Lana performs for in Chapter 14?

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