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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. What kind of gun does Bon carry as he and the narrator cross the border in Chapter 18?

2. Where does Sonny say Abe is now in Chapter 13?

3. For how long has the narrator been imprisoned since the ambush in the beginning of Chapter 19?

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

5. When did Ho Chi Minh die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the narrator's revisions on his confession. Why is the commandant insistent that the narrator revise the work? What are his criticisms of the work? How does the narrator appease him?

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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