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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, p. 72 – 106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term can best be applied to what Kien is experiencing?
(a) Survivor guilt
(b) Survivor happiness
(c) Low self-esteem
(d) High achiever

2. What did the character of Can try to do?
(a) Sacrifice himself for his comrades
(b) Escape from the war
(c) Steal food because he was hungry
(d) Attack Kien because of a private insult

3. Why does Kien find it so difficult to accept Tranh's death?
(a) Because he loved Tranh dearly
(b) Because he was once so alive and 'vital'
(c) Because Tranh was always so lucky
(d) Because Tranh had enough money to buy medicine

4. Where is Kien at the start of the chapter?
(a) At the School
(b) At the Market Place
(c) At the Library
(d) At the Supermarket

5. What does Kien worry he should be doing with his writing?
(a) That he should be concentrating his writing on his present situation rather than the past
(b) He should be trying to publish in magazines
(c) He should be writing more often
(d) He should be submitting it to publishers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Kien wants most when he returns from war to Hanoi?

2. Who is the central character this Part is devoted to?

3. In Kien's memories, why had the man 'reverted to the wild'?

4. What happens between Hien and Kien?

5. How did Kien start on his road to recovery?

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