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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, p. 180 – 211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kien make his first 'kill'?
(a) To serve his country
(b) To save the life of his comrades
(c) To protect Phuong
(d) To save his own life

2. Who were responsible for the farmhouse girl's deaths?
(a) The South Vietnamese
(b) The Americans
(c) North Vietnamese Commandoes
(d) Kien's own platoon

3. What was the first occasion that Kien had been drunk?
(a) After the fighting at Saigon aiport
(b) After the air raid in Hanoi
(c) After his sixteenth birthday
(d) After the train got bombed

4. Why was Kien thinking about executing the commandos?
(a) They were fighting for the Americans
(b) They insulted Phuong
(c) They ambushed his platoon
(d) They killed civilians

5. How does Hoa die?
(a) She died storming a regiment
(b) She died in a bar room brawl
(c) She is molested and killed by a squad of American solders to draw them away
(d) She died of a virus

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kien recognise about the driver of the tram on his return home from the bar?

2. What perspective is the first part of this Part written from?

3. When does Kien start writing about the war?

4. Who 'won' the Vietnam War?

5. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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