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

3. What did Phuong have to do during the war in order to survive?
(a) Become a thief
(b) Become a killer
(c) Become a smuggler
(d) Become a prostitute

4. How does Hoa die?
(a) She died in a bar room brawl
(b) She died of a virus
(c) She is molested and killed by a squad of American solders to draw them away
(d) She died storming a regiment

5. What does Phuong finally tell Kien about their future in the form of a note?
(a) That they will be married in the spring
(b) That they will be moving to America together
(c) That they will meet each other again some day
(d) That they will never see each other again

6. Who is Hoa?
(a) Kien's second in command
(b) A young female guide who sacrifices herself for Kien and his platoon
(c) A friend of Phuong's
(d) Kien's childhood sweetheart

7. What does Kien do the next day?
(a) Reports for duty and begins his war service
(b) Joins with the South Vietnamese.
(c) Deserts into the Jungle
(d) Returns to Hanoi

8. What does the letter urge him to do?
(a) To leave North Vietnam
(b) To forget about Phuong
(c) To find his lover and to forget about the war
(d) To invest his pension

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

10. What do Kien's neighbors feel about Kien?
(a) They think that he is a spy
(b) They distrust him
(c) They like him
(d) They ridicule him

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

12. What profession did Kien's father hold?
(a) That of a tram driver
(b) That of a tax inspector
(c) That of an artist
(d) An army general

13. What is Kien's definition of sacrifice?
(a) Having to be away from home
(b) Eating army dinners
(c) Leaving Phuong
(d) Friends who would die to save one another

14. Where does the narrative of Part Four start?
(a) With Kien writing
(b) Before Kien was born
(c) With Kien fighting
(d) From Phuong's point of view

15. What did one particular friend think was the worst thing that could happen to a soldier?
(a) Having a small house
(b) Having no money
(c) A bad relationship
(d) Venereal disease