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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 was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?
(a) They insulted Phuong
(b) They killed civilians
(c) They ambushed his platoon
(d) They were fighting for the Americans

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

3. What does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?
(a) She loves him
(b) She hates him
(c) She respects him
(d) She distrusts him

4. What does Kien think writing will achieve for him?
(a) It transforms his experiences and memories and makes sense of them
(b) It will make him rich
(c) It will make him famous
(d) It will show the world what Vietnam went through

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?

4. What happens between Hien and Kien?

5. Who was Tranh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kien write so obsessively?

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

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

4. Where is Hanoi?

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

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

7. What happened to Can?

8. What side is Kien on during the War?

9. Who is Lan?

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

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