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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the soldier allow Linh to stay with Helen?
(a) He says it doesn't matter anymore.
(b) He is an American citizen.
(c) They are married.
(d) He knows Linh.

2. What does the person who Helen meets tell her?
(a) He has not won a Pulitzer.
(b) She already has a Pulitzer so she will leave.
(c) She is leaving immediately.
(d) He has a seat reserved on a plane that leaves in an hour.

3. What does Helen give Chuong?
(a) Her film.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) A pass to get on a plane.

4. What did Linh do before he was drafted into the army?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a writer and a poet.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a banker.

5. What happens when the men in the book in question #1 eat the Lotus Flower?
(a) They fall asleep and never wake up.
(b) They fall in love with the women there.
(c) They turn into monsters.
(d) They lose all desire to leave the meadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens shortly after Linh meets his first American?

2. Who was the first American Linh ever met?

3. Where was Linh sent when he answered a Help Wanted ad?

4. How do Darrow, Gary and Linh feel about Helen when they meet her?

5. Why does Darrow put his camera down during a battle?

(see the answer key)

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