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Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who tells the story of Mary Anne?

a)

Mark Fossie

b)

Rat Kiley

c)

Ted Lavender

d)

Eddie Diamond

2.
At first Mary Anne primarily does what?
a)
Goes out on night raids
b)
Asks questions
c)
Never leaves Mark's side
d)
Stays in the bunker
3.
After a few days, Mary Anne pesters Fossie to let her do what?
a)
Go out on a mission
b)
Learn to throw a grenade
c)
Go home
d)
Go down to the village
4.
Mary Anne starts to change her mind about ________________.
a)
Her future plans with Mark
b)
Her opposition to the war
c)
Her desire to get an education
d)
Her desire to go home
5.

Identify the language technique and discuss it.

"This cute blonde—just a kid, she's got on culottes. White culottes and this sexy pink sweater, fresh out of Cleveland Heights Senior High. She had long white legs and blue eyes and a complexion like strawberry ice cream. Very friendly, too."

a)

Characterisation

to create this innocent and pure character

b)

Imagery

The author creates an idyllic picture

c)

Euphonious Diction

The description of their future lives sound pleasing and enviable.

d)

Situational Irony

When actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected

6.

" ravines and gorges and fast-moving rivers and waterfalls and exotic butterflies and steep cliffs and smoky little hamlets"

a)

metaphor

b)

symbolism

c)

personification

d)

Imagery

7.

"Fossie tried to explain to her about things like ambushes and snipers and the stopping power of an AK-47."

a)

metaphor

b)

symbolism

c)

personification

d)

Imagery

8.

"What exactly was a trip flare? How did a Claymore work?"

a)

metaphor

b)

symbolism

c)

rhetorical question

d)

allegory

9.

"Eddie Diamond gave a solemn nod. "There's the scary part. I promise you, this girl will most definitely learn."

a)

metaphor

b)

foreshadowing

c)

rhetorical question

d)

allegory

10.

"Vietnam had the effect of a powerful drug: that mix of unnamed terror and unnamed pleasure...."

a)

metaphor

b)

foreshadowing

c)

rhetorical question

d)

allegory

11.
"It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite: he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt" (85). 
What does this quote tell the reader about Kiley?
a)
He's a pathological liar
b)
He likes to exaggerate to get his point across
c)
He enjoys putting one over on his fellow soldiers
d)
He is delusional
12.
Who uses the compound as a base aside from the medical troops?
a)
Army Rangers
b)
Navy Seals
c)
Green Berets
d)
Marine RECON
13.
What state are both Mark and Mary Anne from?
a)
Ohio
b)
California
c)
New York
d)
New Jersey
14.
When Mary Anne doesn't return one night, Fossie believes that she is _____________.
a)
Cheating 
b)
Dead
c)
Kidnapped
d)
Headed home
15.
What is an ARVN?
a)
Vietnamese Soldiers
b)
A type of explosive
c)
The nickname for the battalion
d)
A region in Vietnam
16.
In an attempt to control Mary Anne, Fossie does what?
a)
Arranges for he to go home
b)
Proposes
c)
Locks her up
d)
Reports her to higher ups
17.
"Seventeen years old. Just a child, blond and innocent, but then weren't they all" (100). 
What is O'Brien most likely trying to say with this quote. 
a)
It isn't okay to put men through the trama of war any more than women
b)
Mary Anne is just as prepared for battle as the real soldiers
18.
How long does Mary Anne spend out in the jungle with the Green Berets?
a)
Three days
b)
A week
c)
Three weeks
d)
A month
19.
What does Mitchell Sanders say is "against the rules"? 
a)
Telling a fake story
b)
Exaggerating a story
c)
Making up extra details
d)
Not giving a story an ending
20.
Rumor has it that Mary Anne was____________
a)
Still out in the jungle
b)
Was killed in action
c)
Died of malaria
d)
None of these

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