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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 changes the young woman's rudeness to Paul at a garden door?
(a) Her older brother yelling at her.
(b) A piece of paper Paul hands her.
(c) Her father yelling at her.
(d) Recognizing Paul whom she has dated.

2. What does Wolkowicz think Christopher is doing with Luong?
(a) Feeding him false hope.
(b) Not getting enough information for the money Luong is being paid.
(c) Coddling him.
(d) Giving him money to leave the country.

3. Who is Klimenko?
(a) A rogue Soviet agent.
(b) Tom's contact in the USSR.
(c) Paul's contact in Bangkok.
(d) A Tass agent.

4. What man does Paul quote when talking to Truong toc?
(a) Ngo Diem.
(b) Lao-tzu.
(c) Ngo Tan Khoi.
(d) Buddha.

5. Why does Paul love Molly?
(a) She is not part of his past.
(b) She is funny and charming.
(c) She allows him the space he needs.
(d) She accepts him for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul drive his rented Peugeot?

2. What happens to Wolkowicz in WWII?

3. What does Foley believe about Paul and David?

4. What does Kim explain to Paul?

5. Who has been murdered when Paul is in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief description of Paul Christopher.

2. Whose corpse does Paul go to see and what is he told there?

3. Describe Paul's case worker, Tom Webster.

4. Describe Nguyên Kim.

5. What demonstrates that Paul is still at risk despite the Truong toc saying Paul is harmless and to let him live?

6. What is ironic about Piero Cremona's statement about the United States Marines when reading this book in the present time?

7. Why does Luong face death?

8. Describe Molly, Paul Christopher's current girlfriend.

9. What does Foley really believe about Paul's theory about the connection between the JFK assassination and the Ngo family?

10. What is the key phrase that Kim speaks that makes Paul realize who may be responsible for JFK's death and what does Paul do after the realization?

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