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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. Just before the outbreak of the Vietnam conflict, who was the enemy that Vietnam was about to go to war with?
(a) Cambodia
(b) China
(c) Korea
(d) Britain

2. What did the character of Can try to do?
(a) Sacrifice himself for his comrades
(b) Steal food because he was hungry
(c) Escape from the war
(d) Attack Kien because of a private insult

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

4. What happens between Hien and Kien?
(a) They fight
(b) They argue
(c) They make love
(d) They gamble

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbing memory does Kien have about his fellow troops at the Airport?

2. What Point of View perspective is the first Part written from?

3. Who was Tranh?

4. What does the Mute Girl feel towards Kien?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Market Place at the beginning of Part 2 disturb him so much?

2. During what years did the Vietnam War take place?

3. What was the most traumatic sight for Kien at Saigon Airport?

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

5. What side is Kien on during the War?

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

7. What does Kien do for his friend the Mute Girl?

8. Who was Tranh?

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

10. Why does Kien think about executing the North Vietnamese commandos?

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