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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is contained on the jar on the commandant's desk?
(a) A baby with two heads.
(b) A gorilla fetus.
(c) An elephant fetus.
(d) Pickled beets.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 19, "What my time in the cave taught me is that the ultimate life-and-death struggle is" what?
(a) "Already over."
(b) "With ourselves."
(c) "On its way."
(d) "Inevitable."

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

5. Who is the commissar revealed to be in Chapter 19?
(a) Bon.
(b) The Auteur.
(c) The General.
(d) Man.

6. Where does the narrator learn that Lana works in Chapter 14?
(a) At a butcher shop.
(b) At a train station.
(c) At an art gallery.
(d) At a hotel.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What kind of gun does Bon carry as he and the narrator cross the border in Chapter 18?
(a) A M2 Browning.
(b) A Winchester 97.
(c) A Vickers.
(d) An M16.

11. What is played over the loudspeakers to torture the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) A baby screaming.
(b) Country music.
(c) American pop music.
(d) Rap music.

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

13. What phrase does the narrator describe as Ho Chi Minh's "empty suit" in Chapter 23?
(a) "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom."
(b) "History is nothing but the actions of men in pursuit of their ends."
(c) "Victory will win over the masses."
(d) "It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of arms."

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

15. Where does the affectless lieutenant describe "very evil communists" in Chapter 17?
(a) Laos.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Cambodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the commissar offer the narrator to drink when he visits him for his last meeting in Chapter 23?

2. For how long does the narrator say he lived in the north in Vietnam in Chapter 19?

3. What does Bon give to the narrator from the General in the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. What word from Chapter 19 means having an obstinately uncooperative attitute or discipline?

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

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