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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Thao blame Helen?
(a) The men not paying attention to the Vietnamese women who are widows.
(b) Linh's being lost to Thao.
(c) The children in the camp not getting enough money.
(d) That Linh is gone for long stretches of time.

2. With whom does Helen meet?
(a) Thao.
(b) Tanner.
(c) Linh's aunt.
(d) Gary and Tanner.

3. What other place do Linh and Helen visit?
(a) The Red Cross orphanage.
(b) The village where Linh's aunt lives.
(c) The site of the airplane crash that kills Darrow.
(d) The beginning of the Ho Chi Minh trail.

4. What seems to be receding to Helen?
(a) Her plan to stay emotionally aloof from the country.
(b) The plan to return to the U. S.
(c) Her plan to win a Pulitzer.
(d) Her memories of her father's shame of her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Linh and Helen soon do?

2. What does Darrow call Helen when he meets her?

3. What does Linh believe giving in to Thao's seduction will be?

4. What does Helen notice about Gary when they return to Saigon?

5. For what does Linh berate himself?

(see the answer key)

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