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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Helen think she needs to do if she is going to survive Vietnam?
(a) Get a flak vest and helmet.
(b) Pretend to be a communist sympathizer.
(c) Make friends with others in Saigon.
(d) Stay out of the front lines.

3. 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 in love with the women there.
(c) They turn into monsters.
(d) They fall asleep and never wake up.

4. What does Helen hear when she wakes that morning?
(a) Nothing unusual.
(b) Firecrackers.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Mortars.

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

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

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

8. What does Mr. Bao know about Linh?
(a) That Linh's family is alive.
(b) That Linh speaks English.
(c) That Linh is a deserter.
(d) That Linh wants to secretly kill Darrow.

9. What did Linh do before he was drafted into the army?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a writer and a poet.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a lawyer.

10. Why does a Captain jump on Helen when she steps forward to take a picture of a grandfather?
(a) He is angry she turned down his request for a date.
(b) He says she is going to get them killed.
(c) He says women should not be in the field.
(d) He says she is going to be killed.

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

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

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

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

15. Where does Helen meet Annick?
(a) At Robert's birthday party.
(b) At a press conference.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) In a boutique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen arrange for Linh?

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

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

4. What does Helen find as she is returning to her apartment?

5. What is Helen's brother's name?

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