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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helen's hope concerning herself and Linh?
(a) That they will return to Saigon after the country has settled down.
(b) That they will wed.
(c) That she is not pregnant.
(d) That he will forgive her.

2. In what kind of unit was Helen's brother?
(a) Medical.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Artillery.
(d) The elite corps.

3. Who does Helen meet at the river?
(a) Matt Tanner.
(b) Lily Cantor.
(c) Thomas Roberts.
(d) Paul Phillips.

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

5. Why do the journalists feel ashamed when coming back from a shoot?
(a) They never seem to get a really great picture.
(b) They are embarrassed by the soldiers' behavior.
(c) Because they are exploiting tragedy.
(d) They compete so much.

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

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

8. What does Helen attempt to do the evening she returns from the field?
(a) Avoid everyone.
(b) Find a new battery for her camera.
(c) Find her brother.
(d) Get drunk.

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

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

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

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

13. How does Darrow get the Lieutenant to do what Darrow wants?
(a) Agrees to leave Helen.
(b) Slip him a hundred dollar bill.
(c) Forgive a gambling debt.
(d) Leaves one camera behind.

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

15. What does Darrow give Helen the next morning?
(a) A camera battery.
(b) The key to his room.
(c) Her brother's last known location.
(d) A new type of film.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first American Linh ever met?

2. What does Mr. Bao know about Linh?

3. How did Helen get into the field without Darrow?

4. How long has Annick lived in Vietnam?

5. What does Helen start to do so the soldiers will respect her?

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