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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 type of salad did Tinh serve as a final treat on the evening of April 7, 1986?
(a) Green mango salad.
(b) Pawpaw salad.
(c) Mint salad.
(d) Watercress salad.

2. How old was Bac Luc when she was injured?
(a) 55.
(b) 49.
(c) 51.
(d) 46.

3. What was Jim's racial background?
(a) Chinese and Irish.
(b) Indian and German.
(c) Japanese .
(d) Japanese and French.

4. For how many generations would an old man with a young wife be blessed according to a Vietnamese saying?
(a) One generation.
(b) Four generations.
(c) Two generations.
(d) Three generations.

5. What day was Le Ly's father buried?
(a) June 10.
(b) April 7.
(c) March 12.
(d) March 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1986, how long had it been since Le Ly had seen her brother Bon Nghe?

2. What did Bon Nghe study in addition to war in Hanoi?

3. What did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?

4. How many Viet Cong did a Vietnamese mother who was honored by a statue hide in her house?

5. Where was Ed's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Northerners regarded in the South?

2. Why did the chocolate wrapper that came from the candy Le Ly gave Tinh's ten-year-old have to be burned?

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

4. To whom did Le Ly compare her brother Bon Nghe?

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

6. How did Le Ly describe Ba when they were reunited?

7. What was Le Ly's job and working conditions when she worked at the "casino" owned by a Korean?

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

9. Why did Le Ly's mother believe that Sau Ban's spirit was at rest?

10. How did the busy lives of Le Ly and her mother affect Hung?

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