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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?

2. What relation was it who urged Kien against Patriotism?

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

4. Who is Lan?

5. What does Kien tell the Mute Girl when he visits her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of where the Mute Girl lives?

3. Who was Tranh?

4. Who is Hanh?

5. How many years later is the current narrative?

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

7. What is the Jungle called that Kien finds himself outside of

8. What is Kien warned against by his parents in this section?

9. Where is Hanoi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's use of flashbacks in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Identify three major themes of the story. How are they expressed in the character of Kien?

Essay Topic 3

What is meant by the term writing style? What is the author’s writing style in this novel? How might the reader be impacted by the author’s style?

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