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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. How does Kien think his body collecting job is different from his wartime experience?
(a) Body Collecting is more dangerous
(b) Body Collecting is a moral thing to do
(c) Body Collecting has no value to it
(d) Body Collecting pays better

2. What disturbing memory does Kien have about his fellow troops at the Airport?
(a) About their rough treatment of the bodies of the South Vietnamese
(b) That they all got drunk
(c) That they destroyed the airport
(d) That they looted Saigon

3. What War did Kien Fight on, and on which side?
(a) Guerillas, Combodia
(b) Allied's, Second World War
(c) North Vietnamese, Vietnam War
(d) Communist China, Second World War

4. What form does Kien's writing take?
(a) Disks and computers
(b) Diaries and Notebooks
(c) Typewriters
(d) Letters

5. What does Kien think writing will achieve for him?
(a) It transforms his experiences and memories and makes sense of them
(b) It will show the world what Vietnam went through
(c) It will make him famous
(d) It will make him rich

Short Answer Questions

1. After the war, why does Phuong and Kien's second attempt at a relationship fail?

2. Who is Lan?

3. What is Saigon the capital of?

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

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

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