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

2. What does Kien do to the Commandoes when he finds them?
(a) He spares them
(b) He puts them on trial
(c) He executes them
(d) He takes their weapons away

3. What was Kien's mother devoted to?
(a) The pursuit of Justice
(b) Communism
(c) Capitalism
(d) The Catholic faith

4. Just before the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, who was the enemy that Vietnam was about to go to war with?
(a) Britain
(b) Korea
(c) China
(d) Cambodia

5. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?
(a) Deja-Vu
(b) Flashbacks
(c) Daydreams
(d) Visions

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Kien hold in the War?

2. What was Kien’s father’s job before the war?

3. Before Kien started frequenting the Cafe, how many times in his life had he been drunk before?

4. What is Kien's definition of sacrifice?

5. At what times of the day does Kien write?

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