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

2. What relation was it who urged Kien against Patriotism?
(a) His Mother's Second Husband
(b) His mother
(c) His mother's first husband
(d) His Uncle

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

4. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?
(a) The beautiful south Vietnamese soldier who ambushed them
(b) A child's toy
(c) Phuong
(d) Hanh

5. How many years latter is this account set from the war?
(a) 14
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbing memory does Kien have about his fellow troops at the Airport?

2. What did the character of Can try to do?

3. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?

4. What happened to the farmhouse girls?

5. Who is Lan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What side is Kien on during the War?

3. What does Kien do for his friend the Mute Girl?

4. Why does Kien write so obsessively?

5. Who is Hanh?

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

7. What does Kien do after burning the manuscript?

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

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

10. What is the significance of where the Mute Girl lives?

(see the answer keys)

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