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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, p. 180 – 211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kien doing at the start of Part Three?
(a) Fighting the enemy
(b) Hiding with Phuong
(c) Returning home after the war
(d) Going abroad

2. Why is Kien afraid to miss his train?
(a) He wants to leave Phuong behind
(b) Everyone will think he is a deserter
(c) He wants to fight
(d) He doesn't want to let down his father's expectations

3. Before Kien started frequenting the Cafe, how many times in his life had he been drunk before?
(a) Four times
(b) Three times
(c) Twice
(d) Fourteen times

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the American government go to War in Vietnam?

3. What political position did the American's Hold?

4. What does the letter urge him to do?

5. What was Kien planning before the air raid sirens were called?

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