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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Mute Girl find Kien attempting to do before he disappears?
(a) Paint a picture
(b) Kill somebody
(c) Burn the manuscript that he had been writing
(d) Commit suicide

2. What did Kien's father warn him against?
(a) Patriotism
(b) The Americans
(c) Going into Politics
(d) Marrying

3. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?
(a) The Forest of Lost Hope
(b) Hanoi
(c) The Jungle of Screaming Souls
(d) Saigon

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saigon the capital of?

2. What enemies did Kien face during the war?

3. What is special about the Mute Girl's apartment?

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

5. What terrain does most of the war take place in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Hanoi?

2. What happened to Can?

3. What is Kien warned against by his parents in this section?

4. Who lives above Kien’ s apartment after the war?

5. What side is Kien on during the War?

6. What was the most traumatic sight for Kien at Saigon Airport?

7. How does Kien’s writing help him psychologically?

8. What job do we find Kien doing at the start of The Sorrow of War?

9. During what years did the Vietnam War take place?

10. What does Kien try to do to his manuscript that alarms his neighbors so much?

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