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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Newport Beach.
(b) San Clementine.
(c) Santa Ana.
(d) Huntington Beach.

2. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Bon.
(c) Claude.
(d) Ngo.

3. What job has Bon taken in Chapter 5?
(a) A hotel clerk position.
(b) A store clerk position.
(c) A butcher position.
(d) A banking position.

4. What is Ms. Mori's first name?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Violet.

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

6. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Under Asian communism, everything but" what "is free"?
(a) "Politics."
(b) "Sex."
(c) "Death."
(d) "Life."

7. What is the name of the movie director's assistant?
(a) Lana.
(b) Violet.
(c) Linh.
(d) Asia.

8. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 22.

9. What character is the Thespian playing in the film?
(a) Sergeant Jay Walters.
(b) Captain Anderson Rockwell.
(c) Captain Will Shamus.
(d) Sergeant Jay Bellamy.

10. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

14. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?
(a) Bon's.
(b) Man's.
(c) The General's.
(d) Claude's.

15. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) San Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Madame organize a Tet celebration, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

2. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?

3. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

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

5. How old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?

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