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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kien's friend Tu die?
(a) He was shot in the foot
(b) He tried to attack a paratrooper
(c) He fell off a cliff
(d) He draws machine gun fire so that Kien can complete his mission.-

2. Who is Kien's first 'kill' of the War?
(a) American soldier
(b) North Vietnamese commando
(c) The Sailor on the Train
(d) South Vietnamese civilian

3. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?
(a) That he burnt them all
(b) That he sold them
(c) That he faked them
(d) That he was rich

4. What musical instrument was Phuong especially good at?
(a) The piano
(b) The clarinet
(c) The guitar
(d) The flute

5. Where do Phuong and Kien run off to whilst they are at school?
(a) To Australia
(b) To South Vietnam
(c) To the beach
(d) To America

6. Where did Kien meet Phuong?
(a) At school
(b) In army training
(c) After the war
(d) On the battlefield

7. Where does Kien find Phuong after the attack on the train?
(a) Hiding
(b) Bathing
(c) Talking to another man
(d) Sleeping

8. Why does Kien almost attack the taunting soldiers in the abandoned hospital?
(a) They are members of the South Vietnamese Army
(b) They have stolen his clothes
(c) They make jokes about his father
(d) They make jokes about Phuong

9. How did Kien's friend Tam die?
(a) He died defending Kien from a paratrooper
(b) He was covered in Agent Orange
(c) He was shot in the back
(d) He fell into the swamp

10. Why does Kien remember his comrade Tu?
(a) He deserted their platoon
(b) He was the most patriotic
(c) He was his closest friend
(d) He sacrificed himself for Kien

11. What is the difference between the writing Kien performs during the day and that which he writes at night?
(a) The day time ideas appear contrived and artificial
(b) The day time writing is more legible
(c) The day time writing is more compassionate
(d) The day time writing is more factually accurate

12. Who does Kien dream about in hospital?
(a) His childhood friend
(b) His pet dog
(c) His mother
(d) His lover, Phuong

13. What does Phuong want Kien to be?
(a) A famous politician
(b) A famous general
(c) More like his mother
(d) More like his father

14. What does Kien often wonder about his past colleagues?
(a) How many are still in the army
(b) If they are still alive
(c) How he can contact them
(d) How many now lead settled and peaceful lives

15. What do Kien and his platoon realize when they visit the South Vietnamese farm?
(a) The farm is a secret army base
(b) They are in league with the Americans
(c) They deserve to be invaded
(d) They are normal people

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kien recognise about the driver of the tram on his return home from the bar?

2. What did one particular friend think was the worst thing that could happen to a soldier?

3. What did Phuong have to do during the war in order to survive?

4. Why does Kien write in the post war period?

5. Who was Toan?

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