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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1972.

3. What is the dish soap that James Yoon is known for promoting in television commercials?
(a) Sudz.
(b) Brawn.
(c) Cleanse.
(d) Sheen.

4. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?
(a) 1945-1955.
(b) 1942-1946.
(c) 1936-1945.
(d) 1955-1972.

5. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?
(a) A Minox camera.
(b) A Canon camera.
(c) A Polaroid camera.
(d) An Aigo camera.

6. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) John Adams.

7. Where did Madame organize a Tet celebration, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Anderson County.
(b) Lafayette County.
(c) Clark County.
(d) Orange County.

8. Where is Asia Soo's father from?
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) China.

9. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) The Thin Red Line.
(b) Venice Beach.
(c) Apocalpyse Now.
(d) Hard Knock.

10. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?
(a) 6'2".
(b) 5'11".
(c) 6'4".
(d) 5'8".

11. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?
(a) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is a woman.
(b) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is communist.
(c) By threatening to kill the Watchman's family.
(d) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.

12. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"
(a) Chairman Mao.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

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

14. What is one of the nicknames for the Congressman that the narrator describes in Chapter 7?
(a) Napalm Ned.
(b) T-Rex.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) The Unifier.

15. What author does the narrator say that Man had introduced him and Bon to in Chapter 1?
(a) Richard Hedd.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Alexandre Dumas.
(d) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator writes to the Commandant in Chapter 7, "We're revolutionaries, and revolutionaries can never be" what?

2. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?

3. Who awaits the narrator when he arrives back in the U.S. from the movie set in Chapter 12?

4. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?

5. What is described as "the cue for the evacuation's final phase" in Chapter 5?

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