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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who lives above Kien?
(a) The Mute Girl
(b) The Deaf Girl
(c) The Blind Boy
(d) The Old Lady

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

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kien doing at the start of Part Three?

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

3. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?

4. Who is Lan?

5. What airport did Kien find himself in at the end of the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kien remember feeling before the onset of war?

2. Why does the transport truck driver say it is no wonder that Kien is having bad dreams?

3. Why does Kien and Phuong's relationship turn sour after they reunite?

4. Why is Kien so distressed at the start of Part 2?

5. What happened to Can?

6. What does Kien do for his friend the Mute Girl?

7. Why does Kien write so obsessively?

8. How do we think the Mute Girl feels for Kien?

9. Who is Lan?

10. What job do we find Kien doing at the start of The Sorrow of War?

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