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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, p. 211-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kien worry he should be doing with his writing?
(a) He should be submitting it to publishers
(b) He should be trying to publish in magazines
(c) That he should be concentrating his writing on his present situation rather than the past
(d) He should be writing more often

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

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

4. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?
(a) 50's and 60's
(b) 60-70's
(c) early 90's
(d) 2000-2010

5. What was the first occasion that Kien had been drunk?
(a) After the fighting at Saigon aiport
(b) After the air raid in Hanoi
(c) After the train got bombed
(d) After his sixteenth birthday

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kien's first 'kill' of the War?

2. What had Kien hoped that he will be able to help Phuong with?

3. What perspective is the first part of this Part written from?

4. What does 'indoctrination' mean?

5. How does Kien's friend Tu die?

(see the answer key)

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