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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the proper response to the coded question "Can you take us to our uncle's funeral" for the ferryman in Chapter 23?
(a) "Your uncle was a great man."
(b) "Where is your uncle's funeral?"
(c) "The funeral is far away."
(d) "Your uncle was for the communists."

2. What color pencil does the commandant use because Stalin did, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. Where does the affectless lieutenant describe "very evil communists" in Chapter 17?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Laos.

4. What does the doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?
(a) To eat it.
(b) To sell it.
(c) To copy it.
(d) To burn it.

5. How many marines accompany the narrator and Bon across the border in Chapter 18?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

6. What does the commissar offer the narrator to drink when he visits him for his last meeting in Chapter 23?
(a) Tea.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Wine.

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

8. What does the narrator describe marriage as in Chapter 15?
(a) Perfection.
(b) Union.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Love.

9. Who is the commissar revealed to be in Chapter 19?
(a) Man.
(b) Bon.
(c) The Auteur.
(d) The General.

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

11. What do the narrator and his friends drink at the nightclub in Chapter 14?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Cognac.
(c) Chardonnay.
(d) Beer.

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

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

14. For what crime was the navigator reeducated?
(a) Trying to assassinate the president.
(b) Killing a communist spy.
(c) Trying to escape the country by boat.
(d) Kililng a republic spy.

15. What does Bon threaten the shoplifters with in Chapter 15?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A knife.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A lasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?

2. How many pages is the narrator's confession in Chapter 19?

3. Whom does the narrator cite in having said "men will die for bits of ribbon pinned to their chests" in Chapter 13?

4. Where does the grizzled captain say he lost contact with his family in Chapter 13?

5. Where did the narrator, Bon, and Man swear their blood oath?

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