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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. Where does the narrator learn that Lana works in Chapter 14?

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

3. What does Bon threaten the shoplifters with in Chapter 15?

4. Where does the Congressman invite the General in Chapter 15?

5. What is contained on the jar on the commandant's desk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What information does the narrator relate to Man in his letter 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 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

Why does Bon insist on returning to Vietnam to fight for the General? Why does the narrator try to convince him otherwise? What ultimately leads to the narrator's decision to accompany Sonny to Vietnam?

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