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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, p. 1 – 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who were responsible for the farmhouse girl's deaths?
(a) The South Vietnamese
(b) North Vietnamese Commandoes
(c) The Americans
(d) Kien's own platoon

4. What does Kien do, that causes the Truck Driver to wake him up?
(a) He curses
(b) Cries out in his sleep
(c) He punches the driver
(d) He fires his gun

5. What enemies did Kien face during the war?
(a) The Germans
(b) The Americans and the south Vietnamese
(c) The French
(d) The Chinese

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is it called the Jungle of Screaming Souls?

3. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?

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

5. Who is Kien's only companion as he starts these remembrances?

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