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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. Where does the narrator carry his copy of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction in Chapter 18?
(a) The false bottom of his rucksack.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His pants pocket.
(d) His jacket pocket.

2. What river does the narrator describe in the distance in Chapter 18?
(a) The Saigon River.
(b) The Red River.
(c) The Mekong River.
(d) The Perfume River.

3. For how long does Sonny say he's lived in the U.S. in Chapter 13?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. When did Ho Chi Minh die?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1969.

5. What does the narrator describe marriage as in Chapter 15?
(a) Union.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Love.
(d) Perfection.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What television show does the narrator watch with Lana in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the commandant questioning the narrator about in the beginning of Chapter 19?

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

3. How has the narrative style changed in Chapter 21? Why?

4. What is the answer to the question that the narrator must answer to the commmissar in the end of the novel?

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

6. Where are the narrator and Bon sent after leaving the prison in the end of the novel?

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

8. Why does Bon insist on returning to Vietnam for the General in Chapter 13?

9. What is symbolized by the narrator's rucksack in the novel?

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

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