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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen learn about concerning Linh?
(a) That he still has one child alive somewhere.
(b) That he is a deserter.
(c) The tragedy concerning his family.
(d) His connections with the Viet Cong.

2. What does Darrow say is the first thing to go when Helen talks to him?
(a) Desire.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Pain.
(d) Belief.

3. What does Helen resent?
(a) Linh's patronizing.
(b) Darrow wanting her to leave.
(c) The two USAID men's sexism.
(d) Darrow assuming she will stay with him.

4. Who has Robert been dating?
(a) A Swiss nurse.
(b) No one.
(c) Annick.
(d) A Vietnamese woman.

5. Who fights with Tanner about taking the picture?
(a) Helen.
(b) Darrow.
(c) Linh.
(d) No one.

6. Who is Thao?
(a) Helen's housekeeper.
(b) Linh's sister.
(c) Darrow's contact with the Viet Cong.
(d) Linh's sister-in-law.

7. What does Linh tell Helen he cannot do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Whistle.
(c) Sing.
(d) Cook.

8. For what does Linh berate himself?
(a) For deserting the military.
(b) For leaving his son with his brother's family.
(c) For working for Americans.
(d) For being foolish.

9. What do Darrow and Tanner decide?
(a) To play a game of chess to settle their argument.
(b) To go their separate ways once they reach Saigon.
(c) To let bygones be bygones.
(d) To have a photo shooting contest.

10. What does Darrow say about Helen to the USAID man?
(a) She prefers soldiers over aid workers.
(b) She has simple tastes.
(c) She is crazy.
(d) She is his.

11. What does Darrow tell Helen he has back in Saigon?
(a) A son.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A will.
(d) A bag of gold coins.

12. What does Helen say she might have to make an excuse to do?
(a) Go back to the States.
(b) Go back to Saigon.
(c) Hire on with another magazine.
(d) Leave Darrow because she is too emotionally involved.

13. For what does Thao blame Helen?
(a) The children in the camp not getting enough money.
(b) Linh's being lost to Thao.
(c) The men not paying attention to the Vietnamese women who are widows.
(d) That Linh is gone for long stretches of time.

14. What happens when Darrow and Anderson get on a flight together?
(a) They have a fight.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It goes down.
(d) They are kidnapped.

15. What happens the morning after the summer festivities end?
(a) Helen learns she is pregnant.
(b) Darrow is shot by accident.
(c) It is time to go back to Saigon.
(d) Linh is injured badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helen go with two green berets?

2. What does Helen say Linh had done?

3. What does Darrow want to encourage Americans to do?

4. Who has agreed to take care of Darrow while he heals?

5. What can Helen see in Darrow?

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