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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 type of car is the "official" touring car that takes Le Ly and Anh for a tour of the countryside?

2. Where did Steve get Le Ly a job with regular pay?

3. 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?

4. What was the business that Le Ly ran in America?

5. What pet did the American GI named Paul learn had died while he was dating Le Ly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Northerners regarded in the South?

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

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

4. Why did Le Ly feel uneasy about Red's offer to drive her home?

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

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

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

8. What happened to Bac Luc?

9. How did the busy lives of Le Ly and her mother affect Hung?

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

In 1986, Le Ly had mixed emotions as she landed in Danang. Discuss the emotions that Le Ly felt as she approached the reunion with her family.

Essay Topic 2

The village of Ky La was threatened by both Republican and Viet Cong soldiers. Discuss the military struggle for Ky La.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the relationship Le Ly had with her brothers Bon Nghe and Sau Ban.

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