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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 old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?

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

3. When did the narrator meet Claude?

4. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the task of a spy in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

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 the events surrounding the Fall of Saigon. When did the Fall of Saigon occur? For how many years was the Vietnam War fought? How does the author depict these events in The Sympathizer?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator and Bon's capture in Thailand. What mission are they on when they are captured? Who captures them? Where are they taken after capture?

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