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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. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?

2. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?

3. What book is Asia Soo reading when the narrator approaches her by the pool in Chapter 10?

4. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

5. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

2. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

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

4. What is the narrator's relationship to the General?

5. How is the Auteur's welcome party described in Chapter 10?

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

7. What does the narrator say about the crapulent major's death in Chapter 7?

8. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

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

10. How would you describe the narrator's relationship with the Auteur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What is life like for the Vietnamese refugees once they arrive in America? Where does the narrator secure assistance and work? How does he get Bon work? Where do the narrator and Bon live?

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