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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 book does the commissar give to the narrator in Chapter 23?
(a) Das Kapital.
(b) Leave of Grass.
(c) The Communist Manifesto.
(d) Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction.

2. Where do the narrator and Bon go to see Lana sing in Chapter 14?
(a) The Club Paltry.
(b) The Roosevelt Hotel.
(c) The Bar Cerullo.
(d) The Four Seasons.

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

4. What is contained on the jar on the commandant's desk?
(a) A gorilla fetus.
(b) Pickled beets.
(c) A baby with two heads.
(d) An elephant fetus.

5. For how long does the narrator say he lived in the north in Vietnam in Chapter 19?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does the navigator have?

2. What drinks does the narrator buy for Lana at the club in Chapter 14?

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

4. What does the commissar offer the narrator to drink when he visits him for his last meeting in Chapter 23?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator confess to Sonny before killing him? Why?

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

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

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

6. What is significant about the newspaper article "Move On, War Over"?

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

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

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

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

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