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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. Where does the narrative of Part Four start?
(a) Before Kien was born
(b) From Phuong's point of view
(c) With Kien fighting
(d) With Kien writing

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

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

4. What does Phuong urge Kien to do after they hear the siren?
(a) To stay with her; to desert the army
(b) To leave Vietnam
(c) To fight the American menace
(d) To take cover

5. What profession did Kien's father hold?
(a) That of a tax inspector
(b) That of an artist
(c) An army general
(d) That of a tram driver

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?

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

3. How did Kien get to know Lan during the war?

4. How much time passes whilst Kien is away?

5. What political position did the American's Hold?

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