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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the commandant refer to as "our greatest revolutionary poet" in Chapter 19?
(a) Tran Te Xuong.
(b) Van Cao.
(c) Nguyen Khuyen.
(d) To Huu.

2. What color pencil does the commandant use because Stalin did, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

3. What item are the members of the narrator's team given to wear over their hearts in Chapter 18?
(a) A picture of Chairman Mao.
(b) A metal shield.
(c) A picture of the Virgin Mary.
(d) A picture of Jesus Christ.

4. What is the usual ration that the narrator receives in prison in Chapter 19?
(a) Bhan mi.
(b) Boiled manioc.
(c) Mashed potatoes.
(d) Pho.

5. What does the narrator scream in the end of Chapter 22?
(a) "I am innocent."
(b) "Industry."
(c) "Nothing."
(d) "Everything."

6. What does the doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?
(a) To copy it.
(b) To eat it.
(c) To sell it.
(d) To burn it.

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

8. Where does the narrator carry his copy of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction in Chapter 18?
(a) His wallet.
(b) The false bottom of his rucksack.
(c) His pants pocket.
(d) His jacket pocket.

9. When did Ho Chi Minh die?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1959.

10. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Bangkok.

11. How many pages is the narrator's confession in Chapter 19?
(a) 359.
(b) 229.
(c) 307.
(d) 125.

12. What book of Karl Marx's does the commandant cite in Chapter 19?
(a) The Povery of Philosophy.
(b) The Communist Manifesto.
(c) Das Kapital.
(d) The German Ideology.

13. For what crime was the navigator reeducated?
(a) Killing a communist spy.
(b) Trying to escape the country by boat.
(c) Kililng a republic spy.
(d) Trying to assassinate the president.

14. The narrator begins Chapter 14 saying, "Sometimes the work of a subversive is purposeful, but sometimes, I confess, it is" what?
(a) "Murderous."
(b) "Intense."
(c) "Cerebral."
(d) "Accidental."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the proper response to the coded question "Can you take us to our uncle's funeral" for the ferryman in Chapter 23?

2. What does the narrator put on after killing Sonny in Chapter 16?

3. What word from Chapter 16 refers to the treatment of light and shade in painting?

4. Where does the commandant describe being held prisoner in Chapter 19?

5. What color beret does the General wear in Chapter 13?

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