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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. Who is Piero Cremona?
(a) A Libertine journalist.
(b) A right-wing, Christian journalist.
(c) A Communist journalist.
(d) A Fascist journalist.

2. Who is Nsango?
(a) A revolutionary in Argentina.
(b) Tthe Sorbonne-educated revolutionary, who may yet become Prime Minister
(c) The leader of a rebellion in South Africa.
(d) The Prime Minister of Mozambique.

3. What does Paul not want to talk about?
(a) His poetry and his real life.
(b) His work.
(c) His feelings.
(d) His childhood.

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

5. Why will learning a connection to Lê Thu be difficult right now?
(a) The government has cameras everywhere.
(b) Lê Thu is in hiding.
(c) The Ngos will shoot first and ask questions later.
(d) The Ngos are in mourning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Soviets want to do about Oswald?

2. What does Kim explain to Paul?

3. Where is the safe house in Washington, D.C.?

4. What does David maintain about the Ngos?

5. What has disappeared for Christopher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is probably foreshadowed in Paul's dinner meeting with the Hitchocks?

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

3. How does Paul avoid going to jail in Vietnam?

4. Briefly describe the discussion during the dinner with Christopher, the Websters, Foley and Peggy McKinney.

5. Describe Paul Christopher's section chief, Barney Wolkowicz.

6. What does Paul do in response to the letter from David?

7. Why does Luong face death?

8. How does Paul Christopher feel about Nsango?

9. 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?

10. What do David and Paul talk about when they meet at the Statler Hotel?

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