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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the commandant drink during his meeting with the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Rice wine.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Red wine.

2. How old was the narrator when he swore a blood oath as blood brothers with Bon?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

3. What does the commandant say the narrator is as opposed to a prisoner in Chapter 19?
(a) A patient.
(b) A visitor.
(c) A follower.
(d) A guard.

4. What does the narrator scream in the end of Chapter 22?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Everything."
(c) "I am innocent."
(d) "Industry."

5. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) San Francisco.

6. How much older is the narrator than Lana?
(a) 12 years older.
(b) 5 years older.
(c) 9 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

7. When did Chairman Mao die?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1985.

8. How did the narrator's father die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was in a car accident.

9. Where does the grizzled captain say he lost contact with his family in Chapter 13?
(a) Can Tho.
(b) Ha Noi.
(c) Hai Phong.
(d) Da Nang.

10. What color do the narrator and his entourage wear as they cross the border in Chapter 18?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

11. Whose gold-painted bust sits in the commissar's office?
(a) Nguyen Cao Ky's.
(b) Ngo Dinh Diem's.
(c) Chairman Mao's.
(d) Ho Chi Minh's.

12. How many "apostles" does the admiral say they have in the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) 200.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 350.

13. What television show does the narrator watch with Lana in Chapter 16?
(a) The Jeffersons.
(b) Maude.
(c) Cheers.
(d) Mork and Mindy.

14. Where do Bon and the narrator go to discuss the narrator's mission with Sonny in Chapter 16?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A billiards hall.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A movie theater.

15. When was Ho Chi Minh born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the General say his men were surrounded when he was taken to a Communist prison camp in Chapter 16?

2. Where do the narrator and Bon change planes on their trip to Thailand in Chapter 17?

3. What does the doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?

4. Where does the affectless lieutenant describe "very evil communists" in Chapter 17?

5. What book of Karl Marx's does the commandant cite in Chapter 19?

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