Classroom Blog Assignment

1. Why do you think they came up with different superstitions for the ghostly laughing?

2. Why do you think Kien continued to bandage Quang up after he told him not to?

3. Kien mentions how he and his platoon discovered a coffin with a live body in it. Who do you believe left him in the coffin alive?

4. Why do you think Kien and his platoon were astounded by this?

5. Why couldn't Kien concentrate on the story of Tung?

6. Why did the MIA team leave rice, salt, medicines in the hut?

7. Why do you think the supplies the MIA team left were untouched when they returned back to the hut?

8. How did Kien reacted when someone told him he was sleeping next to a dead body?  

9. Why was the big solider feel embarrassed when he tripped over the dead body?

10. What does loathing mean?