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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. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?
(a) Saigon
(b) The Forest of Lost Hope
(c) The Jungle of Screaming Souls
(d) Hanoi

2. What position did Kien hold in the War?
(a) Platoon commander
(b) Lieutennant
(c) Brigadier General
(d) Truck Driver

3. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?
(a) They were fighting for the Americans
(b) They ambushed his platoon
(c) They killed civilians
(d) They insulted Phuong

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

5. What political position did the North Vietnamese Hold?
(a) Communist
(b) Anarcho-Syndicalism
(c) Facist
(d) Capitalist

Short Answer Questions

1. What Point of View perspective is the first Part written from?

2. Who 'won' the Vietnam War?

3. What terrain does most of the war take place in?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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