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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. What does Kien do with the culprits of the farmhouse killing?
(a) He runs away
(b) He doesn't execute them
(c) He bribes them
(d) He executes them

2. Why does the Truck Driver say that it is unsurprising that Kien has bad dreams?
(a) Because he has had a bad war
(b) Because they are in the Jungle
(c) Because they are older men now
(d) Because of the time of night

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

4. What position did Kien hold in the War?
(a) Platoon commander
(b) Lieutennant
(c) Brigadier General
(d) Truck Driver

5. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?
(a) That he was rich
(b) That he sold them
(c) That he burnt them all
(d) That he faked them

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kien afraid to miss his train?

2. What object does Kien receive years later?

3. In what years was the Vietnam War fought?

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

5. How much time passes whilst Kien is away?

(see the answer key)

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