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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. Who was Tranh?
(a) A boy from school
(b) A lover of Phuong's
(c) A friend of Kien's
(d) A commander of their brigade

2. What disturbing memory does Kien have about his fellow troops at the Airport?
(a) That they looted Saigon
(b) That they all got drunk
(c) About their rough treatment of the bodies of the South Vietnamese
(d) That they destroyed the airport

3. Why did the American government go to War in Vietnam?
(a) To stop the spread of Communism through Asia
(b) To defend France
(c) At the behest of NATO
(d) To secure trade routes through the Asiatic sea

4. Who is Lan?
(a) Kien's mother
(b) Kien's sister
(c) A friend
(d) A fellow soldier

5. What does Kien try to do which alarms his neighbor so much?
(a) He tries to commit suicide
(b) He tries to burn his writings
(c) He tries to start a fight
(d) He tries to burn down the apartment building

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Mute Girl find Kien attempting to do before he disappears?

2. Who is the final narrator of the novel?

3. What secret does the narrator reveal about himself and Kien?

4. What do Kien and his platoon realize when they visit the South Vietnamese farm?

5. In Kien's memories, why was the commander begging to be shot?

(see the answer key)

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