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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen resent?
(a) Darrow wanting her to leave.
(b) The two USAID men's sexism.
(c) Darrow assuming she will stay with him.
(d) Linh's patronizing.

2. With what does Helen tease Gary?
(a) The photos she has taken of the Viet Cong invasion of Saigon.
(b) Her safe place in Cholon.
(c) Her marriage to Linh.
(d) The pass she has received from the Viet Cong.

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. Where does Helen think about first going?
(a) To find Linh.
(b) To New York.
(c) To Europe.
(d) To Cambodia.

5. Which of Helen's attributes does Linh think caused him to return from a metaphorical land of the dead?
(a) Her belief in joy.
(b) Her smile.
(c) Her touch.
(d) Her faith in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Linh say he will return?

2. What does Bao not believe about Linh and Helen?

3. What happens the morning after the summer festivities end?

4. What is in Xa?

5. What does Helen say Linh had done?

(see the answer key)

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