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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, p. 180 – 211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else frequents the Balcony Cafe?
(a) Americans
(b) Other ex-soldiers
(c) Musicians
(d) Dancers

2. Where does Kien go in Part Five to reminisce about the War?
(a) The Balcony Cafe
(b) Saigon
(c) The cinema
(d) The graveyard

3. What does Phuong taunt Kien about becoming?
(a) A pacifist
(b) A capitalist
(c) A killer
(d) A communist

4. What does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?
(a) She distrusts him
(b) She loves him
(c) She hates him
(d) She respects him

5. What does Kien do with the culprits of the farmhouse killing?
(a) He bribes them
(b) He runs away
(c) He executes them
(d) He doesn't execute them

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lan?

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

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

4. What happened to the farmhouse girls?

5. What was Kien planning before the air raid sirens were called?

(see the answer key)

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