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

2. How long did Le Ly's father's body lie in state before his funeral?
(a) 1 day and 1 night.
(b) 3 days and 2 night.
(c) 2 days and 1 night.
(d) 4 days and 3 nights.

3. What department did an American help Le Ly get transferred to when a Vietnamese sergeant was making advances to her?
(a) Physical Therapy.
(b) Coronary Care Unit.
(c) Neurology.
(d) Radiology.

4. In the hospital in Danang, how old was the Vietnamese sergeant who had his eye on Le Ly?
(a) 40s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 30s.

5. When did Ba's first husband come back to Quang Nam?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color shirt did Nhi, Bon Nhge's wife, wear to Le Ly's reunion with her brother?

2. When was the Da Lach bridge built?

3. What did Le Ly's mother ask her to bring to line her coffin on Le Ly's next visit to Vietnam?

4. How far from Danang was the factory where Anh took Le Ly on April 9?

5. What did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mr. Long asked Le Ly what her Vietnamese friends in the States felt about socialist Vietnam, what did she tell him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened to Bac Luc?

10. Why did so many young women like Le Ly end up in the cities?

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