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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 did the narrator, Bon, and Man swear their blood oath?

2. What color beret does the General wear in Chapter 13?

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

4. What word from Chapter 22 refers to the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What effects has the torture had on the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 22?

5. How has the narrative style changed in Chapter 21? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of misrepresentation or lack of representation of Vietnamese in Vietnam War films produced in the West. How is this theme developed through the script of The Hamlet?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the murder of Sonny in the novel. Why does the General order Sonny's execution? Who commits the murder? Where does the murder take place? How is Sonny killed?

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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