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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the war, why does Phuong and Kien's second attempt at a relationship fail?
(a) They have both been with other lovers
(b) Kien drinks too much
(c) Kien's father gets in the way
(d) Phuong has a long distance job

2. What job did Kien do during the Vietnamese War, which he remembers so vividly?
(a) General
(b) Transport Truck Driver
(c) Platoon Commander
(d) Body Collector

3. What relation was it who urged Kien against Patriotism?
(a) His Uncle
(b) His mother
(c) His mother's first husband
(d) His Mother's Second Husband

4. Who is the central character this Part is devoted to?
(a) Phuong
(b) Hanh
(c) lan
(d) Kien

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

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

7. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?
(a) Of having a card game with his platoon
(b) Of going out to a bar
(c) Of telling jokes
(d) Of listening to music

8. How many years latter is this account set from the war?
(a) 20
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 14

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

10. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?
(a) A child's toy
(b) Hanh
(c) Phuong
(d) The beautiful south Vietnamese soldier who ambushed them

11. What is Kien's job at the start of The Sorrow of War, while he is in the transport truck?
(a) Driver
(b) Body Collector
(c) Soldier
(d) Diplomat

12. Who is Kien's only companion as he starts these remembrances?
(a) Phuong
(b) The Truck Driver
(c) His father
(d) Cam

13. On whose side were the American's fighting during the Vietnam War?
(a) Their U.N's
(b) The North Vietnamese
(c) The British
(d) The South Vietnamese

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

15. Why did Kien become a body collector?
(a) Because it meant he could be alone
(b) Because he needed the money
(c) To assuage some of his guilt concerning the war
(d) Because he was head hunted for the job

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?

2. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?

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

4. What is Kien doing at the start of Part Three?

5. What enemies did Kien face during the war?

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