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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. Where do Phuong and Kien run off to whilst they are at school?
(a) To South Vietnam
(b) To Australia
(c) To America
(d) To the beach

2. How does Phuong and Kien separate after their night at the abandoned school?
(a) Kien flees from her in shame and anger
(b) There is another aerial bombardment
(c) They are attacked by soldiers
(d) They get lost

3. Why is it lucky that Kien and Phuong miss their first train?
(a) It broke down on the way to the War
(b) It was late getting to the front line
(c) They avoid someone they don't like
(d) It got bombed

4. What colour does Kien's father use to paint with as he gets more depressed?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Blue

5. Why does Kien almost attack the taunting soldiers in the abandoned hospital?
(a) They make jokes about his father
(b) They make jokes about Phuong
(c) They are members of the South Vietnamese Army
(d) They have stolen his clothes

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kien planning before the air raid sirens were called?

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

3. Where does Kien find Phuong after the attack on the train?

4. When did Kien's father die?

5. Who sends Kien the letter that he receives many years later?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kien not kill the commandos responsible for the farmhouse massacre?

3. Why is Kien ridiculed by his fellows in the post war period?

4. Why is Kien taunted by the other soldiers in the abandoned school?

5. Why is the image of the storm symbolic for Kien?

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

7. Why does Kien almost kill himself?

8. What is symbolic about the farm that Kien and his comrades visit?

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

10. Where do Kien and Phuong go to escape when they hear about the war?

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