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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. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?
(a) 60-70's
(b) early 90's
(c) 50's and 60's
(d) 2000-2010

2. Who is Kien's only companion as he starts these remembrances?
(a) Phuong
(b) The Truck Driver
(c) Cam
(d) His father

3. What happened to the farmhouse girls?
(a) They fled North Vietnam
(b) They moved to Hanoi
(c) Kien saved them
(d) They were brutalised and killed

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

5. What did the character of Can try to do?
(a) Escape from the war
(b) Steal food because he was hungry
(c) Sacrifice himself for his comrades
(d) Attack Kien because of a private insult

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On whose side were the American's fighting during the Vietnam War?

4. Who 'won' the Vietnam War?

5. Why does the Truck Driver say that it is unsurprising that Kien has bad dreams?

(see the answer key)

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