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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 food item does the narrator describe missing terribly in his letter to his aunt in Chapter 4?

2. To what religion does Bon ascribe?

3. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?

4. How old was the communist agent with the papers in her mouth when she was arrested?

5. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Professor Hammer and what is his relationship to the narrator?

2. Who is Madame? How would you describe this character?

3. Where are the Vietnamese refugees taken after arriving in America in Chapter 4?

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

5. How does the narrator become injured in Chapter 11?

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

7. What are the narrator's main duties on the set of The Hamlet?

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

9. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the methods of torture used on the narrator during "reeducation." What are the effects of these methods? How is the narrator affected both mentally and physically? How is he led to recover?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's relationship with the General. For how long has he worked for the General? What kind of relationship do they have? How does the narrator feel about Madame?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of misrepresentation or lack of representation of Vietnamese in Vietnam War films produced in the West. How is this theme developed through the script of The Hamlet?

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