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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 does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?

2. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?

3. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?

4. What does Kien try to do which alarms his neighbor so much?

5. What War did Kien Fight on, and on which side?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who lives above Kien’ s apartment after the war?

2. How do we think the Mute Girl feels for Kien?

3. Who is Hanh?

4. Why is Kien so distressed at the start of Part 2?

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

6. What was the most traumatic sight for Kien at Saigon Airport?

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

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

9. How many years later is the current narrative?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kien was never in love with the real Phuong. Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer with details from the text.

Essay Topic 2

It could be reasoned that Kien avoids, yet hungers for human contact. Explain with details.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's use of flashbacks in the story.

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