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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Kien hold in the War?

2. On whose side were the American's fighting during the Vietnam War?

3. What happened to the farmhouse girls?

4. Who 'won' the Vietnam War?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How many years later is the current narrative?

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

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

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

5. What did Kien remember feeling before the onset of war?

6. Who was Tranh?

7. Where is Hanoi?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the importance of the Narrator as a character at the end of 'The Sorrow of War'?

Essay Topic 2

This story told from the North Vietnamese side. Explore what this might imply about the author’s agenda.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character of Kien in the story. What are his strengths and weaknesses?

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