The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bao Ninh
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The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bao Ninh
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Saigon the capital of?
(a) North Vietnam
(b) South Vietnam
(c) Australia
(d) South America

3. What was the last 'fun' memory that Kien remembers having with his troops in Part 1?
(a) Of going out to a bar
(b) Of listening to music
(c) Of having a card game with his platoon
(d) Of telling jokes

4. What is special about the Mute Girl's apartment?
(a) It was the one that his father used to own
(b) It is always sunny
(c) Phuong used to own it
(d) It always smells nice

5. Who is Lan?
(a) A friend
(b) Kien's sister
(c) Kien's mother
(d) A fellow soldier

6. What sense suddenly gives Kien a memory of his wartime experiences?
(a) The smells around him
(b) The taste of the food
(c) The sight of the people
(d) The sound of the marketplace

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

8. What does Kien do, that causes the Truck Driver to wake him up?
(a) He fires his gun
(b) Cries out in his sleep
(c) He curses
(d) He punches the driver

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

10. What happened to the farmhouse girls?
(a) Kien saved them
(b) They fled North Vietnam
(c) They moved to Hanoi
(d) They were brutalised and killed

11. Who was the boy that Kien had feelings for?
(a) Tranh
(b) Hanh
(c) Cam
(d) Lan

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

13. What did Kien's father warn him against?
(a) The Americans
(b) Going into Politics
(c) Patriotism
(d) Marrying

14. What did the Mute Girl find Kien attempting to do before he disappears?
(a) Paint a picture
(b) Kill somebody
(c) Burn the manuscript that he had been writing
(d) Commit suicide

15. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?
(a) Hatred
(b) Almost like Love
(c) Patriotism
(d) Jealousy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Kien think his body collecting job is different from his wartime experience?

3. What is it that Kien wants most when he returns from war to Hanoi?

4. How much time passes whilst Kien is away?

5. Who was Tranh?

(see the answer keys)

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