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

2. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?

3. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's relationship with Ms. Mori. How does their relationship begin? How does it evolve? How does it end? How would you describe the narrator's feeling for Ms. Mori?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the murder of Sonny in the novel. Why does the General order Sonny's execution? Who commits the murder? Where does the murder take place? How is Sonny killed?

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