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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 color hair did an American have who helped Le Ly get transferred to a different department when a Vietnamese sergeant was making advances to her?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

2. What did Le Ly have to give the Vietnamese marriage counselor as a "gift" for the coffee fund?
(a) Diamond necklace.
(b) Diamond Watch.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Dinner Ring.

3. 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.

4. What did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?
(a) Rice.
(b) Fish.
(c) Sand.
(d) Candy.

5. During the war, what did Bon Nghe and his comrades use to grow vegetables?
(a) Their own excrement.
(b) Dead fish.
(c) Goat manure.
(d) Buffalo manure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Big Mike give Le Ly to be intimate with two GIs?

2. How old was Bac Luc when she was injured?

3. What creature did Le Ly's mother believe had Sau Ban's spirit?

4. What is the name of the mountain that Le Ly visits with Anh?

5. What were the names of Lan's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What types of things did Mr. Long say that the country still needed?

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

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

10. What did Le Ly say needed to happen for some people in the United States?

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