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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 doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?

2. How many pages is the narrator's confession in Chapter 19?

3. What is the first number that Lana performs at the club in Chapter 14?

4. What do the narrator and his friends drink at the nightclub in Chapter 14?

5. How many sons does the navigator have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Abe's story related in Chapter 13?

2. What conflict does the narrator recall with the General as he falls asleep in Chapter 17?

3. What does Man reveal about his sympathies to the narrator in Chapter 22?

4. Where are the narrator and Bon sent after leaving the prison in the end of the novel?

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

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

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

8. How is the commissar described when the narrator finally meets him in Chapter 19?

9. What information does the narrator relate to Man in his letter in Chapter 13?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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