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

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

3. What political position did the American's Hold?
(a) Socialist
(b) Capitalist
(c) Anarchic
(d) Communist

4. Why did Kien become a body collector?
(a) Because he needed the money
(b) To assuage some of his guilt concerning the war
(c) Because it meant he could be alone
(d) Because he was head hunted for the job

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kien visit Tranh at the end of this chapter?

2. Where is Kien at the start of the chapter?

3. What did the Mute Girl find Kien attempting to do before he disappears?

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

5. What does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?

(see the answer key)

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