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

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

3. 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

4. What happens to Kien's manuscript during this time that he is away?
(a) It gathers dust in the attic
(b) It gets sold
(c) It gets published
(d) It gets burned

5. What sense suddenly gives Kien a memory of his wartime experiences?
(a) The sound of the marketplace
(b) The sight of the people
(c) The taste of the food
(d) The smells around him

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

7. Where is Hanoi?
(a) The capital of North Vietnam
(b) North America
(c) China
(d) The capital of South Vietnam

8. How much time passes whilst Kien is away?
(a) A week
(b) Fourteen years
(c) Three years
(d) A year

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

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

11. What was Kien’s father’s job before the war?
(a) Soldier
(b) Historian
(c) School Teacher
(d) Artist

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the American government go to War in Vietnam?

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

3. What does the Mute Girl do for Kien's writings?

4. What did the character of Can try to do?

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

(see the answer keys)

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