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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator meet Claude?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1962.

2. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?
(a) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Richard Hedd.
(d) Chairman Mao.

3. How many fingers does the narrator describe the General having lost in Chapter 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

4. What kind of store does the narrator describe the General opening in Chapter 5?
(a) A bakery shop.
(b) A liquor store.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) A clothing store.

5. What does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Bigotry.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?

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

4. For how many years does the narrator say he lived in the villa with the General when the Fall of Saigon occurred in Chapter 1?

5. What is Ms. Mori's first name?

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