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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 kind of truck is waiting for Bon and the narrator when they leave the prison in Chapter 23?
(a) A Toyota truck.
(b) A Chevy truck.
(c) A Ford truck.
(d) A Molotova truck.

2. For how long does Sonny say he's lived in the U.S. in Chapter 13?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

3. What does Sonny offer the narrator to drink at his apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Gin.
(d) Wine.

4. For how long does the narrator say he lived in the north in Vietnam in Chapter 19?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 6 years.

5. What word from Chapter 19 means having an obstinately uncooperative attitute or discipline?
(a) Redundant.
(b) Recalcitrant.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Ardent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator bring to Ms. Mori's house in Chapter 13?

2. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?

3. How did the narrator's father die?

4. What word from Chapter 15 refers to a celestial nymph?

5. What word from Chapter 22 refers to the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the narrator's father's death in Chapter 22?

2. How is Abe's story related in Chapter 13?

3. How is the theme of betrayal explored in Chapter 18?

4. What does the narrator confess to Sonny before killing him? Why?

5. What is revealed in the jar on the commandant's desk? What does it symbolize?

6. What do Lana and Bon discuss at the night club in Chapter 14? How does this conversation impact the narrator?

7. How does the admiral compare the plight of the troops to Jesus in Chapter 17?

8. How is the commissar described when the narrator finally meets him in Chapter 19?

9. Where does Claude take the narrator and Bon once they arrive in Thailand in Chapter 17?

10. What is significant about Ms. Mori's family photos being set out in Chapter 13?

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