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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meats did Tinh serve for dinner on the evening of April 7, 1986?
(a) Shrimp, beef, and chicken.
(b) Chicken and beef.
(c) Pork and chicken.
(d) Fish, shrimp, and pork.

2. What did Bon Nghe study in addition to war in Hanoi?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Business.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Mathematics.

3. How old was Ed when Le Ly met him?
(a) 30s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.

4. When did Ba's first husband come back to Quang Nam?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

5. How much did Sister Hoa believe it would cost to get the papers for Le Ly to marry Ed and go to America with him and her son?
(a) 50,000 dong.
(b) 150,000 dong.
(c) 200,000 dong.
(d) 75,000 dong.

6. How long did Le Ly's first reunion with her mother last?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 90 minutes.

7. What was the name of Ba's first husband?
(a) Bien.
(b) Loi.
(c) Moi.
(d) Chin.

8. What was the last name of the American GI named Paul whom Le Ly lived with for a time?
(a) Billings.
(b) Smythe.
(c) Caruthers.
(d) Rogers.

9. Where did Le Ly sleep after she approached Red about a "date," but he was busy with other GIs?
(a) Morgue.
(b) Emergency Room.
(c) Lan's.
(d) Main hospital.

10. After the American firebase was set up outside Ky La, how much of the village was leveled?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

11. How long did Le Ly's father's body lie in state before his funeral?
(a) 3 days and 2 night.
(b) 1 day and 1 night.
(c) 4 days and 3 nights.
(d) 2 days and 1 night.

12. What color was the car that Le Ly and Anh rode in as they toured the Vietnamese countryside?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Beige.

13. What day was Le Ly's father buried?
(a) March 12.
(b) April 7.
(c) June 10.
(d) March 15.

14. What did Le Ly wear when she married Ed?
(a) One of Lan's fancy cocktail dresses.
(b) Ao Dai.
(c) A white dress.
(d) A red dress.

15. What special food did Tinh serve Le Ly that was famous throughout the country?
(a) Bun Bo Hue.
(b) Mi quang noodles.
(c) Hu Tieu.
(d) Pho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sister Hoa actually charge Le Ly for the papers she and her son needed to go to America with Ed?

2. What department did an American help Le Ly get transferred to when a Vietnamese sergeant was making advances to her?

3. How long did Vietnamese custom demand that a bride wait after the death of her father to marry?

4. What type of salad did Tinh serve as a final treat on the evening of April 7, 1986?

5. What color shirt did Nhi, Bon Nhge's wife, wear to Le Ly's reunion with her brother?

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