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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 color do the narrator and his entourage wear as they cross the border in Chapter 18?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. How did the narrator's father die?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He was in a car accident.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was shot.

5. How many pages is the narrator's confession in Chapter 19?
(a) 359.
(b) 125.
(c) 229.
(d) 307.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator put on after killing Sonny in Chapter 16?

3. What word from Chapter 22 refers to the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation?

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

5. What does the narrator bring to Ms. Mori's house in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the commissar described when the narrator finally meets him in 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 conflict takes place between the narrator and Sonny in Chapter 13?

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

6. How does the admiral compare the plight of the troops to Jesus in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

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

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