2. Why does Kien find it so difficult to accept Tranh's death?
(a) Because Tranh was always so lucky
(b) Because he loved Tranh dearly
(c) Because he was once so alive and 'vital'
(d) Because Tranh had enough money to buy medicine

3. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?
(a) When Kien starts crying
(b) When Kien talks about Phuong
(c) When Kien spends too much time writing
(d) When she finds that he has disappeared

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

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

6. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?
(a) They were fighting for the Americans
(b) They ambushed his platoon
(c) They insulted Phuong
(d) They killed civilians

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

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

9. What did the character of Can try to do?
(a) Steal food because he was hungry
(b) Attack Kien because of a private insult
(c) Escape from the war
(d) Sacrifice himself for his comrades

10. What is Kien doing at the start of Part Three?
(a) Hiding with Phuong
(b) Fighting the enemy
(c) Returning home after the war
(d) Going abroad

11. What does Kien do to the Commandoes when he finds them?
(a) He takes their weapons away
(b) He executes them
(c) He puts them on trial
(d) He spares them

12. In Kien's memories, why was the commander begging to be shot?
(a) To release him from his suffering
(b) Because of the shame of his job
(c) Because he had failed a particular objective
(d) Because he had gone mad

13. Why did Kien visit Tranh at the end of this chapter?
(a) To give him a gift
(b) To see him on his death bed, before he dies
(c) To say sorry
(d) To ask for money

14. What does Kien think writing will achieve for him?
(a) It will show the world what Vietnam went through
(b) It will make him famous
(c) It will make him rich
(d) It transforms his experiences and memories and makes sense of them

15. What does Kien do, that causes the Truck Driver to wake him up?
(a) He punches the driver
(b) Cries out in his sleep
(c) He curses
(d) He fires his gun