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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen hear when she wakes that morning?
(a) Nothing unusual.
(b) Mortars.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Sirens.

2. What does Darrow say about himself?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He hates the United States for starting this war.
(c) He does not have a death wish.
(d) He is not married.

3. Why is Darrow arguing with a Lieutenant in Chapter 4?
(a) He will not let Helen on the helicopter.
(b) He wants Darrow to give him a bribe.
(c) He says Darrow's camera equipment is too heavy.
(d) He wants a date with Helen.

4. To what do Helen's thoughts eventually return?
(a) Her father's final words as she was leaving the States.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Leaving Vietnam.
(d) What has happened to some of the soldiers she met in the field.

5. How long has Helen been in Vietnam?
(a) Three years.
(b) Almost ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen attempt to do the evening she returns from the field?

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

3. What does Helen say she might have to make an excuse to do?

4. What does Mr. Bao know about Linh?

5. Who does Helen meet at the river?

(see the answer key)

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