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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Asia Soo reading when the narrator approaches her by the pool in Chapter 10?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Wild Ducks Flying Backwards.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

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

3. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the Commandant.
(b) To the Congressman.
(c) To Bon.
(d) To the General.

4. Who has the General enlisted to help the narrator in killing the major in Chapter 5?
(a) Madame.
(b) Claude.
(c) Sonny.
(d) Bon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?

4. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?

5. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the narrator's relationships with his parents?

2. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

3. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

4. What information does the narrator learn from Man in Chapter 4? How does he receive this information?

5. How does the narrator describe "breaking" the Watchman in Chapter 11?

6. Who is Sofia Mori? How does the narrator meet this character?

7. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?

8. Who is Bon and what is his relationship to the narrator?

9. Who are the main characters in the film The Hamlet?

10. What happens to Bon's family as they flee Vietnam in Chapter 3?

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