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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?
(a) Kim.
(b) Alexa.
(c) Linh.
(d) Violet.

2. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Alexandre Dumas.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

3. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Laos.

4. What was the narrator's father's profession?
(a) He was a baker.
(b) He was a priest.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a clothing store owner.

5. What food item does the narrator describe missing terribly in his letter to his aunt in Chapter 4?
(a) Fish sauce.
(b) Soy sauce.
(c) Lemongrass.
(d) Pho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "epicurean" mean in Chapter 1?

2. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

3. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?

4. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

5. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?

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