Rhetorical questions add a level of cheesiness to the paper and unless you are a very good writer, and I mean college professor level, then you will most likely fail at any attempt. Also writing research papers your suppose to be telling the reader what they don't know instead of asking them what is already do know.
Answer: he’s speaking in first person so we know that he is talking about his own personal life.
Explanation: the author is explaining some of his younger life. Explaining his feelings on what he’s talking about and what he had done
Answer: It highlights the connection between war and famine.
The answer to that would be true