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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much older is the narrator than Lana?
(a) 9 years older.
(b) 12 years older.
(c) 5 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "apostles" does the admiral say they have in the camp in Chapter 17?

2. Where do the narrator and Bon go to see Lana sing in Chapter 14?

3. What kind of truck is waiting for Bon and the narrator when they leave the prison in Chapter 23?

4. Where does the narrator learn that Lana works in Chapter 14?

5. What word from Chapter 23 means seemingly absurd or self-contradictory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Claude take the narrator and Bon once they arrive in Thailand in Chapter 17?

2. What memory of his father's death does the narrator recall in Chapter 18?

3. What is revealed in the jar on the commandant's desk? What does it symbolize?

4. What does Man reveal about his sympathies to the narrator in Chapter 22?

5. What is revealed about the narrator's father's death in Chapter 22?

6. What information does the narrator relate to Man in his letter in Chapter 13?

7. What conflict does the narrator recall with the General as he falls asleep in Chapter 17?

8. What symbolism is revealed when Man waves at the narrator at the end of his reeducation?

9. What conflict takes place between the narrator and Sonny in Chapter 13?

10. How is Abe's story related in Chapter 13?

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