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Experiencing and Reliving Vietnam — Quiz

Question 4 • English Language Arts 11

Which best describes why “Ambush” contains a frame story?

Answer
A
The narrator situates a flashback of his experience in Vietnam between related events that take place after the war.
B
The narrator situates a flashback to his boyhood between related events that take place in the present, when he is an old man.
C
The narrator describes events that take place in two different countries: the United States and Vietnam.
D
The narrator describes events that take place in two different locations: a living room and a jungle.

Explanation

A frame story places one narrative inside another. In “Ambush,” the older narrator’s present-day conversation with his daughter comes before and after his memory of killing a young soldier in Vietnam. That makes D—the flashback framed by events after the war—the best description.

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