The Lotus Eaters: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tatjana Soli
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The Lotus Eaters: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tatjana Soli
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) She is leaving immediately.
(d) He has not won a Pulitzer.

3. Why is Saigon in chaos?
(a) The Comnmunists are on the outskirts of the city.
(b) The Americans have surrounded the city.
(c) There is an ongoing drought.
(d) The mayor of Saigon has died.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who was the first American Linh ever met?
(a) Matt Carter.
(b) Sam Darrow.
(c) Robert Canson.
(d) Helen.

10. Who teaches Helen about darkroom operation?
(a) Jack.
(b) Darrow.
(c) Robert.
(d) Arnie.

11. What is Helen's brother's name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Robert.
(c) James.
(d) Michael.

12. When does Linh first spot Helen?
(a) During a conversation with Bao.
(b) In Darrow's room.
(c) Among the faces at a press conference.
(d) In a battle helicopter.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of stories did Helen do on Cambodia?

3. What worries Darrow about Helen the most?

4. Where does Helen meet Annick?

5. Why is Helen worried when she does not hear from Darrow?

(see the answer keys)

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