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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. Why does the Truck Driver say that it is unsurprising that Kien has bad dreams?
(a) Because he has had a bad war
(b) Because they are older men now
(c) Because they are in the Jungle
(d) Because of the time of night

2. What is Kien's job at the start of The Sorrow of War, while he is in the transport truck?
(a) Driver
(b) Diplomat
(c) Body Collector
(d) Soldier

3. When does Kien start writing about the war?
(a) Twenty years later
(b) When he first signs up at the war office
(c) The night after he breaks up with Phuong
(d) Fourteen years later

4. What happens between Hien and Kien?
(a) They fight
(b) They argue
(c) They make love
(d) They gamble

5. What political position did the North Vietnamese Hold?
(a) Facist
(b) Anarcho-Syndicalism
(c) Communist
(d) Capitalist

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?

2. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?

3. What political position did the American's Hold?

4. What enemies did Kien face during the war?

5. What was Kien’s father’s job before the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lan?

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

3. Why does the transport truck driver wake him up at the end of Part 1?

4. Why is Kien so distressed at the start of Part 2?

5. Who was Tranh?

6. What side is Kien on during the War?

7. Why does Kien think about executing the North Vietnamese commandos?

8. Why does the transport truck driver say it is no wonder that Kien is having bad dreams?

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

10. Why does the Market Place at the beginning of Part 2 disturb him so much?

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