The Sorrow of War Quizzes

The Sorrow of War Quiz 1

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1 When does the novel take place?

1970s

1990s

1960s

[It takes place throughout all of these decades.]
2 The jungle is known as the Jungle of the Screaming...

Soldiers

Ghosts

Souls

Dead
3 In 1976, Kien was

back in Hanoi

in the hospital

part of an MIA-recovery group

in Cambodia
4 What kind of animal did Thinh kill?

A pig

An orangutan

A snake

A tiger
5 What did the canina flower do?

Made the men dream

Made the men high

Created a strong scent

[It had all of these effects.]
6 What did Kien think about when he was high?

Women

The past

Hanoi

Food
7 What does Can tell Kien?

He is going to kill himself

He is up for a leadership position

He is going to desert

He is going to join the ARVN
8 Kien is known for his ____ mien.

sorrowful

salacious

pious

haughty
9 What does Kien think he sees by the stream?

A girl

A dog

A ghost

A baby
10 What are the men in the B3 scout platoon doing at night?

Sneaking off to be with girls

Gambling

Communing with ghosts

Smoking and drinking
11 All the following are true about the girls except:

they lived in the farmhouse

they were young and pretty

they ran away

they went missing
12 What happened to the girls?

Unknown

They killed themselves

They were killed

They ran away
13 Who took the girls?

Civilians

NVA commandos

American soldiers

ARVN soldiers
14 One young commando said he should not be killed for all the following reasons except:

he would tell Kien the commandos' plans

he did not hurt the girls

he was too young to die

he was Catholic
15 Who is Tran Son?

A friend from Hanoi

The MIA truck driver

A soldier in Kien's platoon

A lost commander
16 What does Tran Son do at night?

Dream of his love

Talk with the dead

Enact former battles in his sleep

Look for the MIA remains
17 Kien feels all the following except:

the past is suffocating

he should have never fought in the war

he wishes he could forget everything

he lives between dream and reality
18 Kien feels that the future is "a ____"

facade

lie

joke

dream
19 Kien is almost how old in the most current part of the novel?

30

25

50

40
20 What does Kien do to reconcile himself with the war?

Paint

Sing and compose music

Write a novel

Write poetry
21 Who lives at Doi Mo?

Hoa

Hien

Phuong

Lan
22 Lan tells Kien all the following except:

she has lost her mother and brothers and infant

Kien can return and stay with her if he wants

she plans to leave Doi Mo very soon

she remembered him from the war
23 After the war Kien gets a job in

teaching

journalism

medicine

law
24 Kien's novel was originally going to be about:

his childhood

the postwar period

his love of Phuong

the horrors of war
25 His mother's second husband was a/an

poet

politician

lieutenant in the NVA

musician

How does the truck driver characterize his conversations with the dead?

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