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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, p. 106 - 135.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbing memory does Kien have about his fellow troops at the Airport?
(a) That they looted Saigon
(b) That they destroyed the airport
(c) About their rough treatment of the bodies of the South Vietnamese
(d) That they all got drunk

2. Why was Lan so sorrowful towards Kien when they finally met each other once again?
(a) Because they could have been lovers
(b) Because of Kien's scars
(c) Because of her family
(d) Because of what has happened to her home

3. Why does Phuong accompany Kien on the train when they sign up for the war effort?
(a) They want to spend all the time they have left together
(b) To make sure he gets there
(c) She is travelling to her relatives
(d) She has never been on a train before

4. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?
(a) A child's toy
(b) Hanh
(c) Phuong
(d) The beautiful south Vietnamese soldier who ambushed them

5. Why did Kien visit Tranh at the end of this chapter?
(a) To give him a gift
(b) To see him on his death bed, before he dies
(c) To ask for money
(d) To say sorry

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?

2. What does Kien do to the Commandoes when he finds them?

3. In Kien's memories, why was the commander begging to be shot?

4. What does Phuong taunt Kien about becoming?

5. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?

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