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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 did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?

2. Why was Le Ly late for her reunion to meet Bon Nghe and his wife at the hotel?

3. What color was the car that Le Ly and Anh rode in as they toured the Vietnamese countryside?

4. How old was Ed when Le Ly met him?

5. What song did Le Ly sing after the meal at the factory that Anh took her to on April 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the Republicans came and asked a Vietnamese woman who was memorialized with a statue about the whereabouts of the enemy?

2. What did Mr. Xa say was the goal in fighting the war?

3. Why was Le Ly told to come back for an interview at noon when she went to the American employment office in Danang?

4. What was it like for Bon Nghe during the war?

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

6. What happened to Bac Luc?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Le Ly was arrested three times. Compare the three times that Le Ly was arrested.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sau Ban's military obligations, how he dealt with them, and why he had to deal with them in the manner that he did.

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