View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, p. 39 – 72.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Lan?
(a) A fellow soldier
(b) Kien's mother
(c) A friend
(d) Kien's sister

4. Why was Lan so sorrowful towards Kien when they finally met each other once again?
(a) Because of what has happened to her home
(b) Because of her family
(c) Because they could have been lovers
(d) Because of Kien's scars

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kien get to know Lan during the war?

2. Just before the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, who was the enemy that Vietnam was about to go to war with?

3. Who is Phuong?

4. What happened to the farmhouse girls?

5. What does Kien worry he should be doing with his writing?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 262 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample