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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. What does the Mute Girl do for Kien's writings?
(a) Gathers them together into one manuscript
(b) Burns them
(c) Sells them
(d) Copies them

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

3. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?
(a) When Kien talks about Phuong
(b) When Kien spends too much time writing
(c) When Kien starts crying
(d) When she finds that he has disappeared

4. Who is Lan?
(a) A friend
(b) Kien's mother
(c) Kien's sister
(d) A fellow soldier

5. What does Phuong finally tell Kien about their future in the form of a note?
(a) That they will be moving to America together
(b) That they will be married in the spring
(c) That they will never see each other again
(d) That they will meet each other again some day

Short Answer Questions

1. What term can best be applied to what Kien is experiencing?

2. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?

3. What is Kien's job at the start of The Sorrow of War, while he is in the transport truck?

4. What did Kien's father warn him against?

5. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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