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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 kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

2. Where does Lana attend college?

3. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the older Vietnamese brother in the Auteur's film?

5. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator fear when he is called in to speak with the General at the opening of the store in Chapter 5? Why?

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

3. What information does the narrator learn from Man in Chapter 4? How does he receive this information?

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

5. How does the narrator describe "breaking" the Watchman in Chapter 11?

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

7. How is the theme of duality introduced in Chapter 1?

8. How is the theme of duality explored in Chapter 4?

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

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

Why does Bon insist on returning to Vietnam to fight for the General? Why does the narrator try to convince him otherwise? What ultimately leads to the narrator's decision to accompany Sonny to Vietnam?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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