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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. Where does Kien find Phuong after the attack on the train?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Talking to another man
(c) Hiding
(d) Bathing

2. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?
(a) He drinks excessively
(b) He cries ceaselessly
(c) He fights constantly
(d) He writes obsessively

3. Who is the central character this Part is devoted to?
(a) Phuong
(b) lan
(c) Kien
(d) Hanh

4. What Point of View perspective is the first Part written from?
(a) First Person perspective
(b) Second Person
(c) Third Person
(d) Fourth Person

5. What does Kien try to do which alarms his neighbor so much?
(a) He tries to commit suicide
(b) He tries to burn down the apartment building
(c) He tries to start a fight
(d) He tries to burn his writings

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kien go in Part Five to reminisce about the War?

2. Who is Phuong?

3. What perspective is the first part of this Part written from?

4. What do Kien's neighbors feel about Kien?

5. What political position did the North Vietnamese Hold?

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