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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, p. 211-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?
(a) He writes obsessively
(b) He drinks excessively
(c) He fights constantly
(d) He cries ceaselessly

2. What do Kien's neighbors feel about Kien?
(a) They think that he is a spy
(b) They distrust him
(c) They like him
(d) They ridicule him

3. What did the Mute Girl find Kien attempting to do before he disappears?
(a) Burn the manuscript that he had been writing
(b) Kill somebody
(c) Commit suicide
(d) Paint a picture

4. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?
(a) Of going out to a bar
(b) Of having a card game with his platoon
(c) Of listening to music
(d) Of telling jokes

5. Who sends Kien the letter that he receives many years later?
(a) The Mute Girl
(b) One of the taunting soldiers
(c) The Narrator
(d) Phuong

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose side were the American's fighting during the Vietnam War?

2. At what times of the day does Kien write?

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

4. Just before the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, who was the enemy that Vietnam was about to go to war with?

5. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?

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