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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. When did Lan move back to Danang?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1961.

2. In 1986, what does Le Ly buy to offer to her father's spirit at the family shrine?
(a) Rice.
(b) Mangoes.
(c) Coconuts.
(d) Eggs.

3. How many bedrooms did the home have that Le Ly lived in in California?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

5. What Vietnamese word did Le Ly say meant "six"?
(a) Hai.
(b) Mot.
(c) Bay.
(d) Chin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money was it rumored that the average expatriate brought with them?

3. When did the Viet Minh war end?

4. When did Le Ly leave her village.

5. When had Lan gone to Saigon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Le Ly do to try to cause a miscarriage when she found she was pregnant?

2. How did Le Ly describe Jimmy, her son, when Anh asked about him?

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

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

5. When was the first time that Le Ly saw a Viet Cong fighter up close?

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

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

8. In what ways did Le Ly begin to serve Madame Lien as companion?

9. Why did Le Ly's father hit her mother once?

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

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