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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helen's hope concerning herself and Linh?
(a) That she is not pregnant.
(b) That he will forgive her.
(c) That they will wed.
(d) That they will return to Saigon after the country has settled down.

2. What happens shortly after Linh meets his first American?
(a) His village is bombed and his family is killed.
(b) His son is born.
(c) He is arrested by the Americans.
(d) He is discharged from the army.

3. What did Linh's father do for a living in Hanoi?
(a) The town mayor.
(b) A physician.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A professor of literature.

4. Why do the journalists feel ashamed when coming back from a shoot?
(a) They are embarrassed by the soldiers' behavior.
(b) Because they are exploiting tragedy.
(c) They compete so much.
(d) They never seem to get a really great picture.

5. Why does a Captain jump on Helen when she steps forward to take a picture of a grandfather?
(a) He says she is going to get them killed.
(b) He says she is going to be killed.
(c) He says women should not be in the field.
(d) He is angry she turned down his request for a date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linh tell Helen he will do when she leaves that morning?

2. What does the person who Helen meets tell her?

3. What does Helen arrange for Linh?

4. How does Linh feel when he sees a picture of Helen and Darrow on Darrow's table?

5. What does a soldier say about the Vietnamese and life?

(see the answer key)

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