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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 position in the Catholic church did President Diem's brother hold?

2. What month did Le Ly arrive in Bangkok prepared to visit Vietnam?

3. How many children did Manh, Le Ly's schoolteacher, have?

4. From what ailment did Madame Lien suffer?

5. When did Le Ly's fiance join the Viet Cong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the South Vietnamese Rangers attack Bai Gian?

2. Why was Le Ly taken to a hospital in Saigon?

3. How did Le Ly describe her father?

4. Why did Le Ly's father hit her mother once?

5. How did the Viet Cong smuggle weapons and troops into the Ky La area when they planned a major attack?

6. How did Le Ly describe Jimmy, her son, when Anh asked about him?

7. How was Le Ly released in My Thi?

8. How did the Viet Cong take steps to control the villagers after the battle with the Republicans and Americans?

9. What legend did Le Ly's father tell her to explain why humans had to work so hard?

10. What was Ky La like between the French and American wars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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