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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Kien start writing about the war?
(a) The night after he breaks up with Phuong
(b) When he first signs up at the war office
(c) Twenty years later
(d) Fourteen years later

4. What does Kien tell the Mute Girl when he visits her?
(a) He tells her horror stories
(b) He tells her fairy stories
(c) He tells her story about the War
(d) He tells her that she is beautiful

5. How many years latter is this account set from the war?
(a) 14
(b) 20
(c) 12
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Mute Girl do for Kien's writings?

3. In Kien's memories, why was the commander begging to be shot?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kien try to do to his manuscript that alarms his neighbors so much?

2. How do we think the Mute Girl feels for Kien?

3. What War is discussed in The Sorrow of War?

4. Why does Kien write so obsessively?

5. What does Kien do after burning the manuscript?

6. What job do we find Kien doing at the start of The Sorrow of War?

7. What is the significance of where the Mute Girl lives?

8. Why does the transport truck driver wake him up at the end of Part 1?

9. Where is Hanoi?

10. What side is Kien on during the War?

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