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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What almost happens between them?
(a) They almost run away together
(b) They almost make love
(c) They almost argue
(d) They almost get married

2. What is the difference between the writing Kien performs during the day and that which he writes at night?
(a) The day time writing is more legible
(b) The day time ideas appear contrived and artificial
(c) The day time writing is more factually accurate
(d) The day time writing is more compassionate

3. What was Kien's mother devoted to?
(a) The pursuit of Justice
(b) Capitalism
(c) Communism
(d) The Catholic faith

4. What does Phuong taunt Kien about becoming?
(a) A killer
(b) A communist
(c) A capitalist
(d) A pacifist

5. Where did Kien go, many years after the war had ended?
(a) To Australia
(b) To where Hoa died
(c) To China
(d) To America

6. What colour does Kien's father use to paint with as he gets more depressed?
(a) Blue
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) Green

7. What did one particular friend think was the worst thing that could happen to a soldier?
(a) A bad relationship
(b) Venereal disease
(c) Having a small house
(d) Having no money

8. How does Phuong help Kien to rejoin his unit and avoid being accused of desertion?
(a) She hitches a ride with him to their barracks
(b) She writes a letter to their commander
(c) She makes a phone call to their army base
(d) She gives him money to bribe the guards

9. What 'peaceful' memory of the war does Kien think about in this Part?
(a) Smoking cigarettes
(b) Their platoon's trip to Hanoi
(c) Gambling with his platoon
(d) Their platoon's trip to a southern farm

10. What does Phuong urge Kien to do after they hear the siren?
(a) To stay with her; to desert the army
(b) To leave Vietnam
(c) To fight the American menace
(d) To take cover

11. What do Kien and his platoon realize when they visit the South Vietnamese farm?
(a) They are in league with the Americans
(b) The farm is a secret army base
(c) They deserve to be invaded
(d) They are normal people

12. Who else frequents the Balcony Cafe?
(a) Dancers
(b) Other ex-soldiers
(c) Musicians
(d) Americans

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

14. Who was Toan?
(a) A neighbor
(b) A commander of the army
(c) An old school friend
(d) A fellow member of his platoon who was killed outside of Saigon

15. How are Kien and Phuong separated the very next day?
(a) Phuong goes to University whilst Kien is called for army training
(b) Phuong is betrothed to someone else
(c) The Americans invade
(d) Kien is ordered away by his father

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kien do the next day?

2. Before Kien started frequenting the Cafe, how many times in his life had he been drunk before?

3. Why does Kien make his first 'kill'?

4. How does Kien's friend Tu die?

5. How does Phuong and Kien separate after their night at the abandoned school?

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