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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, p. 72 – 106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hien?
(a) A ghost
(b) A soldier friend whom Kien meets on the train to Hanoi
(c) A commandder of the army
(d) An old school friend

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

3. What does Kien's father think Patriotim is opposed to, as seen in his quote?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Democracy
(c) Life
(d) Communism

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

5. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?
(a) Phuong
(b) The beautiful south Vietnamese soldier who ambushed them
(c) A child's toy
(d) Hanh

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?

2. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?

3. What sense suddenly gives Kien a memory of his wartime experiences?

4. What is it that Kien wants most when he returns from war to Hanoi?

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

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