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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. Where do Kien and Phuong hide after their train was bombed?
(a) At a beach
(b) At a restaurant
(c) At an abandoned school
(d) At an abandoned farm

2. Who is the central character this Part is devoted to?
(a) Hanh
(b) Phuong
(c) lan
(d) Kien

3. What does Kien try to do which alarms his neighbor so much?
(a) He tries to burn down the apartment building
(b) He tries to burn his writings
(c) He tries to commit suicide
(d) He tries to start a fight

4. What political position did the North Vietnamese Hold?
(a) Facist
(b) Communist
(c) Capitalist
(d) Anarcho-Syndicalism

5. Who does Kien dream about in hospital?
(a) His mother
(b) His pet dog
(c) His lover, Phuong
(d) His childhood friend

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kien live in the present day?

2. Who is Kien's first 'kill' of the War?

3. What is the term for the sudden remembrances that Kien suffers throughout The Sorrow of War?

4. Just before the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, who was the enemy that Vietnam was about to go to war with?

5. What does Kien discover about his fathers painting when he goes to warn him?

(see the answer key)

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