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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 does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the movie director's assistant?

3. On what date did the Fall of Saigon occur?

4. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy 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 say about the crapulent major's death in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

8. Who are the main characters in the film The Hamlet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Lana in the novel. How old is Lana? Where does the narrator know Lana from? What risks does the narrator take in courting Lana?

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 assassination of the crapulent major. What leads the General to order his murder? Who assists the narrator in committing the execution? Why? How does the narrator feel about this action?

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