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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 Lan's job in Danang?
(a) Cook.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Bar hostess.

2. What was a boy carrying when Le Ly and her pedicab driver were trying to find Anh's home?
(a) Pop.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Candy.
(d) Ice.

3. How many years did Le Ly's mother serve on probation as a wife for Trong?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

5. Besides Ly Le, how many other expatriate Vietnamese met with the Vietnam National Committee in 1986?
(a) 23.
(b) About 15.
(c) 18.
(d) About 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Le Ly was born, how many children did Le Ly's mother and father have?

2. When Le Ly returned to Vietnam in 1986, how long had it been since she first arrived in Saigon?

3. How did Sau Ban die?

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

5. How did Le Ly's father try to commit suicide after visiting Lan in Danang?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In 1986, why was Le Ly filled with grief when she saw fighter bombers and bombs rusting away as she landed?

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

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

5. After the three-day war for Bai Gian and the bombardment that followed, what did the area around Ky La look like?

6. How did Le Ly describe her father?

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

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

9. How did the Viet Cong take steps to control the villagers after the battle with the Republicans and Americans?

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

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