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

2. Who 'won' the Vietnam War?
(a) The South Vietnamese
(b) The Americans
(c) The North Vietnamese
(d) The British

3. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?
(a) When Kien talks about Phuong
(b) When she finds that he has disappeared
(c) When Kien starts crying
(d) When Kien spends too much time writing

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kien's memories, why had the man 'reverted to the wild'?

2. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?

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

4. Why does the Truck Driver say that it is unsurprising that Kien has bad dreams?

5. What does Kien do to the Commandoes when he finds them?

(see the answer key)

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