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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 was Le Ly's mother born?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1912.

2. Who was a legendary king that Le Ly and other children were told stories about how he won his crown?
(a) Dinh Bo Linh.
(b) Trung Nu Viong.
(c) Phung Hung.
(d) Bao Dai.

3. How old was Le Ly's mother when her father died?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

4. What did Le Ly get caught selling?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Whiskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the villagers of Ky La disappeared when the Republicans and Americans took them away for interrogation?

2. When was Le Ly's brother Sau Ban born?

3. In what city did Le Ly's Uncle Nhu live?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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