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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 Bon say happened to the Lao farmer in Chapter 23?

2. What kind of gun does the narrator take to kill Sonny with in Chapter 16?

3. Where do Bon and the narrator go to discuss the narrator's mission with Sonny in Chapter 16?

4. What color beret does the General wear in Chapter 13?

5. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator confess to Sonny before killing him? Why?

2. What is symbolized by the narrator's rucksack in the novel?

3. What conflict takes place between the narrator and Sonny in Chapter 13?

4. What is symbolized in the narrator's dream about the kapok tree in Chapter 13?

5. What do Lana and Bon discuss at the night club in Chapter 14? How does this conversation impact the narrator?

6. What is the narrator's central internal conflict in the beginning of Chapter 16?

7. What effects has the torture had on the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 22?

8. How has the narrative style changed in Chapter 21? Why?

9. What is significant about the newspaper article "Move On, War Over"?

10. What is significant about Ms. Mori's family photos being set out in Chapter 13?

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

Who is Claude? What is the narrator's relationship with this character? How did they first meet? How has their relationship grown?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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