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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, p. 1 – 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Kien when he starts reliving his experiences?
(a) The Jungle of Screaming Souls
(b) Hanoi
(c) The Forest of Lost Hope
(d) Saigon

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

3. What Point of View perspective is the first Part written from?
(a) First Person perspective
(b) Second Person
(c) Fourth Person
(d) Third Person

4. Why did the American government go to War in Vietnam?
(a) At the behest of NATO
(b) To secure trade routes through the Asiatic sea
(c) To defend France
(d) To stop the spread of Communism through Asia

5. What is Kien's job at the start of The Sorrow of War, while he is in the transport truck?
(a) Body Collector
(b) Soldier
(c) Driver
(d) Diplomat

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the character of Can try to do?

2. What does Kien do, that causes the Truck Driver to wake him up?

3. What political position did the American's Hold?

4. Who is Kien's only companion as he starts these remembrances?

5. Why does the Truck Driver say that it is unsurprising that Kien has bad dreams?

(see the answer key)

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