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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. When does Kien start writing about the war?
(a) The night after he breaks up with Phuong
(b) Twenty years later
(c) Fourteen years later
(d) When he first signs up at the war office

2. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?
(a) Hatred
(b) Patriotism
(c) Almost like Love
(d) Jealousy

3. Where is Kien at the start of the chapter?
(a) At the Supermarket
(b) At the Library
(c) At the School
(d) At the Market Place

4. What terrain does most of the war take place in?
(a) Mountain
(b) Sea
(c) Jungles and Mountains
(d) Desert

5. What is Kien's job at the start of The Sorrow of War, while he is in the transport truck?
(a) Diplomat
(b) Body Collector
(c) Soldier
(d) Driver

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?

2. What is Saigon the capital of?

3. What relation was it who urged Kien against Patriotism?

4. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?

5. Why was Lan so sorrowful towards Kien when they finally met each other once again?

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