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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, p. 106 - 135.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Kien's manuscript during this time that he is away?
(a) It gets published
(b) It gets sold
(c) It gets burned
(d) It gathers dust in the attic

3. Why did Kien become a body collector?
(a) To assuage some of his guilt concerning the war
(b) Because he was head hunted for the job
(c) Because he needed the money
(d) Because it meant he could be alone

4. Where do Phuong and Kien run off to whilst they are at school?
(a) To South Vietnam
(b) To Australia
(c) To the beach
(d) To America

5. At what times of the day does Kien write?
(a) Day time
(b) Night-time
(c) Any time that he can
(d) Mornings only

Short Answer Questions

1. What colour does Kien's father use to paint with as he gets more depressed?

2. Where did Kien meet Phuong?

3. How are Kien and Phuong separated the very next day?

4. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?

5. What does Kien try to do which alarms his neighbor so much?

(see the answer key)

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