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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. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?
(a) Visions
(b) Daydreams
(c) Flashbacks
(d) Deja-Vu

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

3. What happens between Hien and Kien?
(a) They argue
(b) They fight
(c) They gamble
(d) They make love

4. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?
(a) He fights constantly
(b) He writes obsessively
(c) He cries ceaselessly
(d) He drinks excessively

5. Where does Kien live in the present day?
(a) In a tenement building
(b) In a cottage
(c) In an apartment complex
(d) In a mansion

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes whilst Kien is away?

2. Who were responsible for the farmhouse girl's deaths?

3. Why does Kien find it so difficult to accept Tranh's death?

4. Who is the central character this Part is devoted to?

5. When does Kien start writing about the war?

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