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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. About what did both Christopher's ex-wife, Cathy, and his girlfriend both obsess?
(a) If Christopher is having an affair.
(b) The number of parties they attend each month.
(c) Christopher's poetry.
(d) Their jewelry.

2. What do the Soviets want to do about Oswald?
(a) Remove all traces of his visit to the USSR.
(b) Distance themselves from him.
(c) Allow him to defect to the USSR.
(d) Silence him.

3. Why does Paul rush to the United States?
(a) His mother is dying.
(b) He suddenly understands something Kim says while they are talking in Rome.
(c) His father is dying.
(d) He is told to return by Tom.

4. Why do Paul and David meet at the Statler Hotel?
(a) They know the security manager.
(b) They like the lunch buffet.
(c) They fear eavesdropping.
(d) That is where Paul is staying.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does David's letter quote?

3. Who is Dieter Dimpel?

4. What does Paul see that he pieces together?

5. Where does Webster have Molly investigated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly discuss Paul and David's friendship and what they have in common.

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

3. Who does Paul go to meet in Léopoldville and describe the person.

4. What is the Truong toc and which Truong toc does Paul talk with and what transpires?

5. What is Foley's "public" response to Paul's hypothesis about the connection between the JFK assassination and the Ngo family?

6. Describe the dinner conversation between Kim and Paul.

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

8. Who does Luong send Paul to talk to and why does he recommend Paul talking to this person?

9. Give a brief description of Paul Christopher.

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

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