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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, p. 135 – 180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relation was it who urged Kien against Patriotism?
(a) His mother
(b) His Mother's Second Husband
(c) His Uncle
(d) His mother's first husband

2. Who was Tranh?
(a) A commander of their brigade
(b) A boy from school
(c) A lover of Phuong's
(d) A friend of Kien's

3. What is Kien doing at the start of Part Three?
(a) Hiding with Phuong
(b) Going abroad
(c) Fighting the enemy
(d) Returning home after the war

4. What does Phuong want Kien to be?
(a) More like his mother
(b) A famous general
(c) More like his father
(d) A famous politician

5. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?
(a) Flashbacks
(b) Visions
(c) Deja-Vu
(d) Daydreams

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were responsible for the farmhouse girl's deaths?

2. Who does Kien dream about in hospital?

3. Where did Kien go, many years after the war had ended?

4. How does Kien think his body collecting job is different from his wartime experience?

5. How many years latter is this account set from the war?

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