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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 many "apostles" does the admiral say they have in the camp in Chapter 17?

2. How many sons does the navigator have?

3. What television show does the narrator watch with Lana in Chapter 16?

4. What river does the narrator describe in the distance in Chapter 18?

5. What does Bon say happened to the Lao farmer in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed about the narrator's father's death in Chapter 22?

3. Where does Claude take the narrator and Bon once they arrive in Thailand in Chapter 17?

4. What is the answer to the question that the narrator must answer to the commmissar in the end of the novel?

5. Why does Bon insist on returning to Vietnam for the General in Chapter 13?

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

7. What is the question that the commissar says the narrator must answer in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the methods of torture used on the narrator during "reeducation." What are the effects of these methods? How is the narrator affected both mentally and physically? How is he led to recover?

Essay Topic 3

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

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