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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. Who informed Le Ly that her father had died?
(a) Hai.
(b) Ba.
(c) Lan.
(d) Chin.

2. In 1986, what was Hai selling in the marketplace near China Beach?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Snails.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Fish.

3. How many kids did the woman have who introduced Le Ly to Ed?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

4. How much did Tinh say that Grandma Phung received as a pension for Sau Ban's death?
(a) 700 dong a month.
(b) 300 dong a month.
(c) 800 dong a month.
(d) 400 dong a month.

5. Where did Steve get Le Ly a job with regular pay?
(a) On base.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. After two Americans were killed in Le Ly's family's bunker, where was her father taken and interrogated?

2. How long did Vietnamese custom demand that a bride wait after the death of her father to marry?

3. What did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?

4. What did Le Ly have to give the Vietnamese marriage counselor as a "gift" for the coffee fund?

5. Whom did Le Ly see in the hall of her hotel after taking a nap in her hotel on April 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons did Le Ly give Nam for her return to Vietnam?

2. How did Le Ly describe her traveling companions and herself when she was touring the countryside?

3. How were young girls from the country sold into prostitution?

4. Why did Le Ly feel uneasy about Red's offer to drive her home?

5. How would the dead be consulted about business matters or requests?

6. What type of a meal did Le Ly ask the proprietor of a country store to make for herself and her companions when she was touring the countryside?

7. What approvals did Le Ly and her family need to obtain in order to give her father a traditional funeral?

8. Why did Red say that he and Le Ly never socialized with his friends?

9. What happened when the Republicans came and asked a Vietnamese woman who was memorialized with a statue about the whereabouts of the enemy?

10. For a young Vietnamese woman, what were the options for getting out of the country?

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