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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color shirt did Le Ly wear to signal to the Viet Cong that a major threat was around?

2. What type of vehicle did Anh have in 1986?

3. Before Le Ly was born, how many children did Le Ly's mother and father have?

4. How many stories did Anh's and Lien's house have?

5. What holiday did the Viet Cong use to disguise their eminent attack on Ky La?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Le Ly's mother under house arrest after Le Ly went to Danang?

3. What type of traps did the children of Ky La have to help the Viet Cong make for the Republicans?

4. What legend did Le Ly's father tell her to explain why humans had to work so hard?

5. What were the initial tests that Sau Ban's potential bride would have to pass?

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

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

8. What did Le Ly's mother do when no news had been heard about Sau Ban by New Year's in1963?

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

10. What did the men, whom Le Ly called the snakes' keepers, look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Le Ly and, then later, her mother had to leave Ky La. Discuss why Le Ly and her mother had to leave Ky La.

Essay Topic 2

The war affected everyone, especially the children. Discuss how children were affected by the war.

Essay Topic 3

Le Ly's mother taught her how to be a virtuous wife and dutiful daughter-in-law. Discuss the qualities and actions of a virtuous wife and dutiful daughter-in-law.

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