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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the taxis in Saigon look like?
(a) Blue and white Renaults.
(b) Green and black Toyotas.
(c) White and red Renaults.
(d) They vary.

3. What does Helen arrange for Linh?
(a) A false passport.
(b) New paperwork.
(c) A medic.
(d) Access to her bank account.

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

5. What does Helen notice about how journalist act towards each other in the field?
(a) They compete and cooperate.
(b) They help each other out and feel no competition.
(c) No one speaks to each other.
(d) It is dog eat dog.

6. What job does Helen have in Saigon?
(a) USO performer.
(b) Civilian secretary for the army.
(c) Photojournalist.
(d) She has no job but is married to a Vietnamese.

7. What does Bao require Linh to do?
(a) Steer Darrow towards pro communists people.
(b) Bao has no interest in Linh.
(c) Give him half of his pay.
(d) Work for the North.

8. How long has Annick lived in Vietnam?
(a) Five years.
(b) All her life.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

10. What do Helen and Curt talk about on the way out of the field?
(a) War.
(b) Photography.
(c) Surfing.
(d) Motorcycles.

11. What does Helen start to do so the soldiers will respect her?
(a) Acts more like a woman.
(b) Takes chances for great pictures.
(c) Acts like a drill sergeant.
(d) Helps the medics save lives.

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

13. What does Darrow tell Helen during Christmas dinner?
(a) He is leaving the country.
(b) Jack has been killed.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) She needs to go back to the states.

14. Why is Chuong allowed to stay in Helen's apartment building?
(a) He lives there with his mother.
(b) He is a good cook.
(c) He is the manager's nephew.
(d) He runs errands for the tenants.

15. At what Air Force Base are Helen and Darrow at the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) Hanoi Phi.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Dong Kwi.
(d) Bien Hoa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Linh feel Helen is doing to him?

3. Why is Helen angry at Darrow?

4. What did Linh do before he was drafted into the army?

5. Why is Saigon in chaos?

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