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

2. What did Sister Hoa actually charge Le Ly for the papers she and her son needed to go to America with Ed?

3. In the hospital in Danang, how old was the Vietnamese sergeant who had his eye on Le Ly?

4. How many years did Chin serve in a reeducation camp?

5. How long did Le Ly's father's body lie in state before his funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened to Jim after Le Ly complained about his behavior?

5. Why did Ba keep the gift that Le Ly and Lan sent from America?

6. How were Northerners regarded in the South?

7. 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?

8. What approvals did Le Ly and her family need to obtain in order to give her father a traditional funeral?

9. How did Le Ly describe her experience when she went to claim her father's body at the morgue?

10. How did Le Ly get her mother to sign the papers giving her permission to leave the country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the reactions of Le Ly, her family, and her employers when it was discovered that she was pregnant.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When Le Ly returned to Ky La, she realized that she was seeing the death of her culture. Discuss how the war was destroying the culture of Vietnam.

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