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

2. At what time does the narrator arrive at Sonny's apartment to kill him in Chapter 16?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 6 p.m.

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

4. What word from Chapter 22 refers to the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation?
(a) Intersection.
(b) Elocution.
(c) Augument.
(d) Vivisection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is the narrator than Lana?

2. What does Sonny offer the narrator to drink at his apartment in Chapter 16?

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

4. Where does the grizzled captain say he lost contact with his family in Chapter 13?

5. What movie does the narrator go to see with Bon in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of betrayal explored in Chapter 18?

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

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

4. What is symbolized in the narrator's dream about the kapok tree in Chapter 13?

5. What is the question that the commissar says the narrator must answer in Chapter 20?

6. What is the narrator's central internal conflict in the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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

9. How is the commissar described when the narrator finally meets him in Chapter 19?

10. How has the narrator's past year in the prison been described in Chapter 19?

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