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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. How many Viet Cong were hiding in a tunnel under a widow woman's bed?

2. How long after Le Ly was released from the district jail, did the Viet Cong decide to mass for a major attack against Ky La?

3. How much older than Le Ly was her sister Lan?

4. After Le Ly left home to work, how old was a boy who told Le Ly that something bad had happened to her family?

5. When did the Viet Minh war end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rules did the Vietnamese National Committee have for the visiting Vietnamese expatriates?

2. Why were the charges against Le Ly dropped when she was caught with marijuana?

3. How did the Viet Cong smuggle weapons and troops into the Ky La area when they planned a major attack?

4. What legend did Le Ly's father tell her to explain why humans had to work so hard?

5. How did the Republicans and Americans try to placate the Ky La villagers?

6. Why did the plane trip to Saigon give Le Ly a sense of peace?

7. Why did the South Vietnamese Rangers attack Bai Gian?

8. Why was Le Ly's mother under house arrest after Le Ly went to Danang?

9. What type of traps did the children of Ky La have to help the Viet Cong make for the Republicans?

10. What was Lien's life like when Le Ly returned to Vietnam in 1986?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the relationship Le Ly had with her brothers Bon Nghe and Sau Ban.

Essay Topic 2

Le Ly had an unplanned reunion with her mother at Tinh's home. Discuss Le Ly's reunion with her mother and its effect on Le Ly's emotions.

Essay Topic 3

In 1986, Le Ly had mixed emotions as she landed in Danang. Discuss the emotions that Le Ly felt as she approached the reunion with her family.

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