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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Manh, Le Ly's schoolteacher, have?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. What color shirt did Le Ly wear to signal to the Viet Cong that a major threat was around?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. How much money was it rumored that the average expatriate brought with them?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $20,000.

4. What was Le Ly doing when the attack began?
(a) Delivering first aid kits.
(b) Delivering rice.
(c) Bringing sweet potatoes to a friend.
(d) Tending a sick woman.

5. Who raised Le Ly's mother?
(a) Khan Nhu.
(b) Thu.
(c) Tran.
(d) Ba.

6. In what city did Le Ly's Uncle Nhu live?
(a) Hue.
(b) Hanoi.
(c) Chu Loi.
(d) Danang.

7. How many of the villagers of Ky La disappeared when the Republicans and Americans took them away for interrogation?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

8. When was Le Ly arrested for a second time?
(a) April, 1965.
(b) January, 1961.
(c) February, 1964.
(d) March, 1963.

9. How many beds were in the birthing clinic where Le Ly had her baby?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

10. What were cartridge traps?
(a) Coconuts filled with gun powder.
(b) Tin cans with trip wires.
(c) Bullets held over a nail that discharged when stepped on.
(d) Spiked boards that ejected poison.

11. How much did Le Ly pay the pedicab driver who brought her to Anh's home?
(a) 3,000 dong.
(b) 500 dong.
(c) 2,000 dong.
(d) 250 dong.

12. What village did the South Vietnamese Rangers attack shortly after Le Ly was honored by the Viet Cong?
(a) An Loc.
(b) Dien Bien Phu.
(c) Bai Gian.
(d) Ban Me Thuot.

13. How old was Le Ly's mother when she was born?
(a) 41.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 37.

14. What was the name of the prison where Le Ly was taken?
(a) Lao Bao.
(b) Son Tay.
(c) Don Thi Tran.
(d) Chi Hoa.

15. How long did Le Ly stay at the birthing clinic?
(a) 21 days.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 24 days.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday did the Viet Cong use to disguise their eminent attack on Ky La?

2. When did the Viet Minh war end?

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

4. In Chapter 1, according to a song that Lan sang, who attacked Le Ly's village from the air?

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

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