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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the business that Le Ly ran in America?
(a) Bookstore.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Coffeehouse.
(d) Laundry.

2. When Le Ly got another job after leaving Red, who owned the "casino" where she worked?
(a) A Korean.
(b) An American GI.
(c) A Japanese.
(d) An American woman.

3. How many years did Chin serve in a reeducation camp?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six years.

4. What job does Tinh's husband do for a living?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Siclo driver.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Barber.

5. What creature did Le Ly's mother believe had Sau Ban's spirit?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Dog.
(c) Black snake.
(d) Goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the friend who stood with Ed when he married Le Ly?

2. Whom did Le Ly see in the hall of her hotel after taking a nap in her hotel on April 7?

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

4. What is the name of the mountain that Le Ly visits with Anh?

5. How many kids did the woman have who introduced Le Ly to Ed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. To whom did Le Ly compare her brother Bon Nghe?

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

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