The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bao Ninh
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The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Saigon the capital of?
(a) South Vietnam
(b) Australia
(c) South America
(d) North Vietnam

2. In Kien's memories, why had the man 'reverted to the wild'?
(a) Because of a secret enemy weapon
(b) Because he had lost his mind in combat
(c) Because he had spent too long in the Jungle
(d) Because he had taken drugs

3. What Point of view is this chapter written in?
(a) The fourth point of view
(b) The first person and the third person perspective
(c) The Second point of view
(d) The Third point of view

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

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

6. Who is Hien?
(a) A commandder of the army
(b) An old school friend
(c) A soldier friend whom Kien meets on the train to Hanoi
(d) A ghost

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

8. What position did Kien hold in the War?
(a) Platoon commander
(b) Lieutennant
(c) Truck Driver
(d) Brigadier General

9. What War did Kien Fight on, and on which side?
(a) North Vietnamese, Vietnam War
(b) Guerillas, Combodia
(c) Communist China, Second World War
(d) Allied's, Second World War

10. 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

11. What enemies did Kien face during the war?
(a) The Germans
(b) The Americans and the south Vietnamese
(c) The Chinese
(d) The French

12. What airport did Kien find himself in at the end of the war?
(a) Hanoi
(b) Gatwick
(c) JFK
(d) Saigon

13. Why was Lan so sorrowful towards Kien when they finally met each other once again?
(a) Because of Kien's scars
(b) Because they could have been lovers
(c) Because of her family
(d) Because of what has happened to her home

14. Why is it called the Jungle of Screaming Souls?
(a) Because of the monkeys that live there
(b) Because of the terrible battles that were fought there
(c) Because of the high winds in the area
(d) Because of an ancient legend associated with that area

15. What does Kien's father think Patriotim is opposed to, as seen in his quote?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Life
(c) Democracy
(d) Communism

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?

2. Who was the boy that Kien had feelings for?

3. What does Kien tell the Mute Girl when he visits her?

4. Who is Kien's only companion as he starts these remembrances?

5. What did Kien's father warn him against?

(see the answer keys)

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