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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. Who is Kien's first 'kill' of the War?
(a) American soldier
(b) The Sailor on the Train
(c) North Vietnamese commando
(d) South Vietnamese civilian

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

3. What perspective is the first part of this Part written from?
(a) First person
(b) Fourth Person
(c) The Third Person Perspective
(d) Second Person

4. Why does Phuong accompany Kien on the train when they sign up for the war effort?
(a) They want to spend all the time they have left together
(b) She has never been on a train before
(c) She is travelling to her relatives
(d) To make sure he gets there

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrative of Part Four start?

3. What does Kien feel about the process of writing a novel at the start of Part Six?

4. What is the difference between the writing Kien performs during the day and that which he writes at night?

5. How does Hoa die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many times does Phuong's memories come back to Kien during the war?

2. What happens to Phuong on that train?

3. What do the characters of Tu and Cam have in common?

4. At what bar does Kien meet the young prostitute and other ex-soldiers from the war?

5. Describe Kien's parents

6. Why is the image of the storm symbolic for Kien?

7. Why is Kien taunted by the other soldiers in the abandoned school?

8. Why is Kien ridiculed by his fellows in the post war period?

9. Why was it lucky that Phuong and Kien missed the train just as war started?

10. Why is the letter that Kien receives important?

(see the answer keys)

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