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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 how long do Bon and the narrator ride in the truck after leaving the prison in Chapter 23?

2. What word from Chapter 19 means having an obstinately uncooperative attitute or discipline?

3. For what crime was the navigator reeducated?

4. What does the commandant drink during his meeting with the narrator in Chapter 19?

5. What does Bon give to the narrator from the General in the beginning of Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What memory of his father's death does the narrator recall in Chapter 18?

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

6. How is the theme of betrayal explored in Chapter 18?

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

8. How has the narrator's past year in the prison been described in Chapter 19?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the methods used for communication between the narrator and Man. How do they send letters to one another and what is used for invisible ink? How does the narrator record documents and photos to send to Man?

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