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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, p. 135 – 180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term can best be applied to what Kien is experiencing?
(a) Survivor guilt
(b) High achiever
(c) Survivor happiness
(d) Low self-esteem

2. What does Kien think writing will achieve for him?
(a) It will show the world what Vietnam went through
(b) It will make him famous
(c) It will make him rich
(d) It transforms his experiences and memories and makes sense of them

3. Where does Kien go in Part Five to reminisce about the War?
(a) The Balcony Cafe
(b) The graveyard
(c) Saigon
(d) The cinema

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

5. Why does Kien remember his comrade Tu?
(a) He was the most patriotic
(b) He deserted their platoon
(c) He sacrificed himself for Kien
(d) He was his closest friend

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kien’s father’s job before the war?

2. What colour does Kien's father use to paint with as he gets more depressed?

3. Why is Kien afraid to miss his train?

4. Who were responsible for the farmhouse girl's deaths?

5. When does the Mute Girl realise that their relationship is over?

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