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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long do Bon and the narrator ride in the truck after leaving the prison in Chapter 23?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

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

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

5. What does Sonny offer the narrator to drink at his apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Gin.
(d) Wine.

6. The commandant tells the narrator in Chapter 19, "you are a communist only in name. In practice, you are" what?
(a) "A traitor."
(b) "A bourgeois intellectual."
(c) "A republican victor."
(d) "A loathesome murderer."

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

8. What does Bon threaten the shoplifters with in Chapter 15?
(a) A lasso.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A knife.
(d) A shotgun.

9. Where do Bon and the narrator go to discuss the narrator's mission with Sonny in Chapter 16?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A billiards hall.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A movie theater.

10. Whom does the narrator cite in having said "men will die for bits of ribbon pinned to their chests" in Chapter 13?
(a) Chairman Mao.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

11. What does Bon give to the narrator from the General in the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) An envelope of cash.
(b) A bottle of scotch.
(c) A bottle of gin.
(d) A bottle of wine.

12. Who leads the narrator's group on their journey across the border in Chapter 18?
(a) A Hmong farmer and a Lao scout.
(b) A Lao farmer and a Hmong scout.
(c) A Vietnamese refugee and a Japanese scout.
(d) A Cambodian farmer and a Russian scout.

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

14. Where does Sonny say Abe is now in Chapter 13?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) England.

15. How many marines accompany the narrator and Bon across the border in Chapter 18?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The red banner in the commissar's office says "Nothing is more precious than" what?

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

3. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?

4. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

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

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