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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 was a boy carrying when Le Ly and her pedicab driver were trying to find Anh's home?

2. How often would Le Ly's father offer sacrifices on the family altar?

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

4. When did the Viet Minh war end?

5. What month did Le Ly arrive in Bangkok prepared to visit Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Le Ly's father hit her mother once?

3. Who was the man that Le Ly met at the Vietnamese Embassy?

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

5. What was special about Le Ly's mother's hair?

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

7. How did Le Ly describe her father?

8. After the three-day war for Bai Gian and the bombardment that followed, what did the area around Ky La look like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rice was the most important crop grown around Ky La. Discuss the process of growing and harvesting rice.

Essay Topic 2

There were varied reactions when Le Ly married Ed. Discuss the reactions to Le Ly's marriage to Ed.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the arrangements that had to be made for Le Ly's father's funeral and the problems that had to be overcome to have the funeral.

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