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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most important crop grown in Ky La?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Rice.
(c) Sweet potatoes.
(d) Peanuts.

2. What holiday did the Viet Cong use to disguise their eminent attack on Ky La?
(a) Lantern Festival.
(b) Mid-year Festival.
(c) Mid-Autumn Festival.
(d) New Year.

3. What happened to Le Ly and two other girls when she was tied to a post in prison?
(a) Poked with a bayonet.
(b) Left in the hot sun with no water or bathroom privileges.
(c) Brushed with honey and bitten by black ants.
(d) Beaten with a leather belt.

4. How did Le Ly's father try to commit suicide after visiting Lan in Danang?
(a) Stabbed his chest.
(b) Took rat poison.
(c) Drank too much.
(d) Slashed his wrists.

5. What month did Le Ly arrive in Bangkok prepared to visit Vietnam?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of car did Lien ride?

2. When was Le Ly's brother Bon Nghe born?

3. How many children did Anh have with his second wife?

4. What color shirt did Le Ly wear to signal to the Viet Cong that a major threat was around?

5. How many beds were in the birthing clinic where Le Ly had her baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Le Ly taken to a hospital in Saigon?

4. What was Ky La like between the French and American wars?

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

6. How did Le Ly describe an air attack by the French when she was little?

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

8. What did the men, whom Le Ly called the snakes' keepers, look like?

9. During an air attack when Le Ly's home was burned, how and what did her father save?

10. How did Le Ly describe her father?

(see the answer keys)

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