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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 river does the narrator describe in the distance in Chapter 18?
(a) The Perfume River.
(b) The Mekong River.
(c) The Red River.
(d) The Saigon River.

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

3. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?
(a) To his home.
(b) To a hotel.
(c) To an office building.
(d) To a country club.

4. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gun does the narrator take to kill Sonny with in Chapter 16?

2. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?

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

4. Where does the commissar say Bon and the narrator are going to contact Bon's cousin in Chapter 23?

5. Where does the narrator learn that Lana works in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the narrator and Bon sent after leaving the prison in the end of the novel?

2. How has the narrative style changed in Chapter 21? Why?

3. What conflict takes place between the narrator and Sonny in Chapter 13?

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

5. What is the question that the commissar says the narrator must answer in Chapter 20?

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

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

8. What is symbolized by the narrator's rucksack in the novel?

9. What symbolism is revealed when Man waves at the narrator at the end of his reeducation?

10. What conflict does the narrator recall with the General as he falls asleep in Chapter 17?

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