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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. For what crime was the navigator reeducated?

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

3. Where does Lana say she'd like to live if not in Los Angeles in Chapter 14?

4. What does the doctor tell the narrator to do with his confession in Chapter 23?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in the jar on the commandant's desk? What does it symbolize?

2. What symbolism is revealed when Man waves at the narrator at the end of his reeducation?

3. What is the commandant questioning the narrator about in the beginning of Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the friendship between Bon, Man, and the narrator. When did they meet? What event brought them close together? For how long have they been friends? How has their friendship evolved?

Essay Topic 3

How does the General respond when he discovers the courtship between the narrator and Lana? How does the narrator feel about the General's response? How does Madame feel about the situation?

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