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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ho Chi Minh born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1890.

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

3. What is the first number that Lana performs at the club in Chapter 14?
(a) "I'd Love You to Want Me."
(b) "Satisfaction."
(c) "Black Bird."
(d) "Yesterday."

4. What does the narrator bring to Ms. Mori's house in Chapter 13?
(a) Wine and cigars.
(b) Chinese takeout and sodas.
(c) Scotch and bread.
(d) Vodka and cigarettes.

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

6. What is the proper response to the coded question "Can you take us to our uncle's funeral" for the ferryman in Chapter 23?
(a) "Your uncle was a great man."
(b) "The funeral is far away."
(c) "Where is your uncle's funeral?"
(d) "Your uncle was for the communists."

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator put on after killing Sonny in Chapter 16?
(a) A red wig and glasses.
(b) A blond wig and sunglasses.
(c) A woman's dress.
(d) A black hood and scarf.

11. What is the title of the newspaper article Sonny writes about the field maneuvers in Chapter 14?
(a) "War on the Front Lines."
(b) "Communism Arises."
(c) "Move On, War Over."
(d) "Accidental Tourists."

12. What word from Chapter 23 means seemingly absurd or self-contradictory?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Paradoxical.
(c) Illustrious.
(d) Industrious.

13. How many sons does the navigator have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the commandant refer to as "our greatest revolutionary poet" in Chapter 19?

2. What kind of gun does Bon carry as he and the narrator cross the border in Chapter 18?

3. What is played over the loudspeakers to torture the narrator in Chapter 22?

4. What does the commandant say the narrator is as opposed to a prisoner in Chapter 19?

5. When did Chairman Mao die?

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