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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 job did Kien do during the Vietnamese War, which he remembers so vividly?

2. What does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?

3. How did Kien get to know Lan during the war?

4. Who is Hien?

5. How did Kien start on his road to recovery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Lan?

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

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

6. Why does Kien write so obsessively?

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

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

9. Where is Hanoi?

10. Who is Hanh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Kien is looking to be saved from his war trauma. In what different ways does Kien look for this kind of salvation?

Essay Topic 2

What is a tragic figure in literature? Does Kien fit the definition? Why or why not? Explain in detail.

Essay Topic 3

Was Kien an unwilling participant of the Vietnam War? Did Kien support the war?

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