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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of car is the "official" touring car that takes Le Ly and Anh for a tour of the countryside?
(a) Volvo.
(b) Lincoln Continental.
(c) Saab.
(d) Mercedes.

2. What was the name of Ba's first husband?
(a) Chin.
(b) Loi.
(c) Bien.
(d) Moi.

3. What did Sister Hoa actually charge Le Ly for the papers she and her son needed to go to America with Ed?
(a) 15,000 to 20,000 dong.
(b) 30,000 to 50,000 dong.
(c) 60,000 dong.
(d) 10,000 dong.

4. How often did Le Ly's official escort for her tour of the countryside say that the power went out at his office every day?
(a) Four times.
(b) One time.
(c) Two times.
(d) Three times.

5. What did Le Ly wear when she married Ed?
(a) One of Lan's fancy cocktail dresses.
(b) A red dress.
(c) Ao Dai.
(d) A white dress.

6. What is the name of the general director of the factory where Anh took Le Ly on April 9?
(a) Nguyen Tan Dung.
(b) Ho Van Thuong.
(c) Le Van Hai.
(d) Pham Huu Ba.

7. Why was Le Ly late for her reunion to meet Bon Nghe and his wife at the hotel?
(a) The car would not start.
(b) They spent too much time over lunch.
(c) They had to take a detour.
(d) They were delayed by a farmer herding water buffalo.

8. Whom did Le Ly see in the hall of her hotel after taking a nap in her hotel on April 7?
(a) Tinh.
(b) Ba.
(c) Hai.
(d) Anh.

9. When was the Da Lach bridge built?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1965.

10. What type of a factory did Anh take Le Ly to on April 9?
(a) Shoe factory.
(b) Brick factory.
(c) Candle factory.
(d) Weaving factory.

11. In the hospital in Danang, how old was the Vietnamese sergeant who had his eye on Le Ly?
(a) 30s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 40s.

12. When was Bon Nghe trapped on a mountainside with his cousin?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

13. How many children did Tinh and her husband have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

14. What did Le Ly give her father to drink the last time he visted her in Danang?
(a) Tea.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rice wine.

15. When did Le Ly and Anh finish their dinner with Xa and Long?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 5 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For how many generations would an old man with a young wife be blessed according to a Vietnamese saying?

3. What did Le Ly call U.S. $20 bills?

4. After two Americans were killed in Le Ly's family's bunker, where was her father taken and interrogated?

5. In 1986, what was Hai selling in the marketplace near China Beach?

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