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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Helen stopped in the street?
(a) Because she is a black woman.
(b) Because she is carrying a camera.
(c) Because her face is not covered and she is female.
(d) She looks like she is rich.

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

3. What does a soldier say about the Vietnamese and life?
(a) They do not value it like Americans.
(b) They have no life with the war in their country.
(c) Nothing is said about the Vietnamese and life.
(d) They believe life is sacred.

4. Where do Helen and Linh go?
(a) To a hospital.
(b) To the embassy.
(c) To an American army base.
(d) To his parents' house.

5. 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 never seem to get a really great picture.
(d) They compete so much.

6. Why does Darrow put his camera down during a battle?
(a) To save a wounded man.
(b) To see if Linh would pick it up.
(c) To rest his back.
(d) Darrow never puts his camera down.

7. What does Linh feel Helen is doing to him?
(a) Making him fall in love with her.
(b) Making him wonder if Vietnamese men treat their women wrong.
(c) Pushing him beyond his limits.
(d) Making him feel better about Americans.

8. What is done to Helen when she is stopped?
(a) She is hit on the head.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She is taken to a safe place.
(d) She is arrested.

9. With what does Helen ask Darrow for help?
(a) Adjusting her aperture.
(b) Loading her film.
(c) Putting on the body harness.
(d) Tying her combat boots.

10. What does Linh tell Helen he will do when she leaves that morning?
(a) If she does not return he will stay in Saigon.
(b) He will meet her at his sister's.
(c) He will get on a plane if she does not return.
(d) He was not at the apartment when she left.

11. Why is Helen angry at Darrow?
(a) For ignoring her all day.
(b) For telling everyone what happened in the field with Helen.
(c) For making light of her brother.
(d) For not helping her with the Lieutenant.

12. What does Jack say everyone is interested in as far as Helen is concerned?
(a) Seeing her fail.
(b) Helping her find her brother.
(c) Sleeping with her.
(d) Sending her back to the states.

13. What does Darrow call Helen when he meets her?
(a) A child playing with fire.
(b) A scheming female.
(c) A looky-loo.
(d) A great addition.

14. What worries Darrow about Helen the most?
(a) That she will stay in Vietnam too long.
(b) That she really is pregnant.
(c) That she will find someone else.
(d) That she will be killed.

15. Where was Linh sent when he answered a Help Wanted ad?
(a) A U.S. army base in Saigon.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Hanoi.
(d) Cambodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Helen meet at the river?

2. Why does a Captain jump on Helen when she steps forward to take a picture of a grandfather?

3. What does Helen give Chuong?

4. How does Darrow get the Lieutenant to do what Darrow wants?

5. How long has Annick lived in Vietnam?

(see the answer keys)

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