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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form does Kien's writing take?

2. What airport did Kien find himself in at the end of the war?

3. What term can best be applied to what Kien is experiencing?

4. What becomes Kien's 'last enduring obsession?

5. Where is Hanoi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What job do we find Kien doing at the start of The Sorrow of War?

6. What did Kien remember feeling before the onset of war?

7. Who is Hanh?

8. What does Kien do after burning the manuscript?

9. Who was Tranh?

10. What is the Jungle called that Kien finds himself outside of

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are several of the stories that the author recounts from Kien’s war experiences? Why do you think the author recounts so many different stories from Kien's platoon and encounters?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Kien write after the war? What does Kien hope to achieve with his writing? How is Kien’s writing helpful to him?

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of the Narrator as a character at the end of 'The Sorrow of War'?

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