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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 almost happens between them?
(a) They almost argue
(b) They almost get married
(c) They almost make love
(d) They almost run away together

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

3. What musical instrument was Phuong especially good at?
(a) The flute
(b) The clarinet
(c) The piano
(d) The guitar

4. What does Phuong urge Kien to do after they hear the siren?
(a) To leave Vietnam
(b) To take cover
(c) To stay with her; to desert the army
(d) To fight the American menace

5. How did Kien's friend Tam die?
(a) He fell into the swamp
(b) He was covered in Agent Orange
(c) He died defending Kien from a paratrooper
(d) He was shot in the back

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops this from happening?

2. Who is Hoa?

3. What 'peaceful' memory of the war does Kien think about in this Part?

4. What happens to the train that Phuong and Kien eventually get on?

5. What object does Kien receive years later?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Phuong forced to become?

2. What is the significance of the tram driver who takes Kien home from the cafe?

3. Why does Phuong want Kien to be more like his father?

4. Why does Kien discover about his father's paintings?

5. What do the characters of Tu and Cam have in common?

6. Why is the letter that Kien receives important?

7. Why does Kien kill the Sailor on the Train?

8. Who is Kien's first 'kill' of the war?

9. What happens to the train that Kien and Phuong eventually catch so that he can return to his unit?

10. What happens to Phuong on that train?

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