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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. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?
(a) That he was rich
(b) That he faked them
(c) That he burnt them all
(d) That he sold them

2. What does 'indoctrination' mean?
(a) Allowing students to think for themselves
(b) Teaching things in threes
(c) Teaching students about doctors
(d) Teaching a system of beliefs that limits the students freedom of thought

3. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phuong urge Kien to do after they hear the siren?

2. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?

3. At what times of the day does Kien write?

4. How did Kien start on his road to recovery?

5. What do Kien's neighbors feel about Kien?

(see the answer key)

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