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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 used to make a monument to a Vietnamese mother who hid Viet Cong in her house?

2. What did Hung eat to comfort is feelings?

3. What day was Le Ly's father buried?

4. How old was Bac Luc when she was injured?

5. When was the Da Lach bridge built?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Hai describe Bon Nghe?

5. What was Le Ly's job and working conditions when she worked at the "casino" owned by a Korean?

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

7. How did Le Ly describe Ba when they were reunited?

8. For a young Vietnamese woman, what were the options for getting out of the country?

9. What happened to Bac Luc?

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

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

Compare and contrast the relationship that Le Ly had with her mother and her father.

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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