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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Helen rushing to meet Robert?
(a) He is going to take her to a battle.
(b) She is late for a date with him.
(c) He has film for her.
(d) He knows something about her brother.

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

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

4. From what story did the quote about the Lotus Eaters come?
(a) The Odessey.
(b) Call of the Wild.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) Jane Eyre.

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

6. What happens when the men in the book in question #1 eat the Lotus Flower?
(a) They lose all desire to leave the meadows.
(b) They fall asleep and never wake up.
(c) They turn into monsters.
(d) They fall in love with the women there.

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

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

9. What type of stories did Helen do on Cambodia?
(a) Humanitarian.
(b) She did not do any stories on Cambodia.
(c) Stories about the animals there.
(d) Stories on their type of farmning.

10. What does Linh say when Darrow mentions Linh is using a different name?
(a) He always hated his given name.
(b) That other man is dead.
(c) The first name was false.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

13. What happens to MacCrae a few weeks after Helen meets him?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is transferred to Cambodia.
(c) He is sent home.
(d) He loses his sight.

14. Why do Helen's bags remained packed in the motel room?
(a) She thinks she should leave Vietnam.
(b) She does not trust the motel staff.
(c) She does not know where she is going next.
(d) She is too lazy to unpack them.

15. What does Helen find as she is returning to her apartment?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) Another camera.
(d) A lost girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Darrow, Gary and Linh feel about Helen when they meet her?

2. Why does the soldier allow Linh to stay with Helen?

3. Why does Darrow put his camera down during a battle?

4. Who does Helen meet at the river?

5. Why did Michael go to Vietnam?

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