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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from Chapter 16 refers to the treatment of light and shade in painting?
2. At what time does the narrator arrive at Sonny's apartment to kill him in Chapter 16?
3. Where is the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 23?
4. What does the navigator say the odds are for successful escape in Chapter 23?
5. The commandant tells the narrator in Chapter 19, "you are a communist only in name. In practice, you are" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is revealed about the narrator's father's death in Chapter 22?
2. What is significant about Ms. Mori's family photos being set out in Chapter 13?
3. How is Abe's story related in Chapter 13?
4. What is symbolized in the narrator's dream about the kapok tree in Chapter 13?
5. What is the narrator's central internal conflict in the beginning of Chapter 16?
6. Where are the narrator and Bon sent after leaving the prison in the end of the novel?
7. What do Lana and Bon discuss at the night club in Chapter 14? How does this conversation impact the narrator?
8. What is symbolized by the narrator's rucksack in the novel?
9. How does the admiral compare the plight of the troops to Jesus in Chapter 17?
10. How is the theme of betrayal explored in Chapter 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Man's decision to free the narrator in the end of the novel. What leads Man to this decision? Why does Man not flee with the narrator? Who does flee with the narrator?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the narrator's revisions on his confession. Why is the commandant insistent that the narrator revise the work? What are his criticisms of the work? How does the narrator appease him?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the murder of Sonny in the novel. Why does the General order Sonny's execution? Who commits the murder? Where does the murder take place? How is Sonny killed?
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