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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Helen go with two green berets?
(a) To the jungles just south of Hanoi.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) To the crash site.
(d) To the airport.

3. Who confronts Helen and Linh as they are traveling?
(a) A group of American deserters.
(b) A young woman with a baby.
(c) A squad of Viet Cong hit men.
(d) A boy soldier.

4. What does Thao say the dinner is for that she makes Linh?
(a) To show him that his heart is still in Vietnam.
(b) To thank him for his kindness to her.
(c) No reason.
(d) To ask him an important question.

5. With whom does Helen dance at Robert's going away party?
(a) Darrow.
(b) Tanner.
(c) Linh.
(d) Annick.

6. What does Thao wear to the dinner she prepares for Linh?
(a) An American-style outfit.
(b) A new outfit.
(c) One of Helen's dresses.
(d) Her village clothing.

7. How long will it take Darrow's arm to heal?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 4 months.

8. When does Linh say he will return?
(a) At the end of the month.
(b) In three months.
(c) Never.
(d) In six months.

9. How does Linh decide he can pay tribute to Darrow?
(a) By sending Helen home.
(b) By going to the States and talking to Darrow's wife in person.
(c) By taking over Darrow's work.
(d) By marrying Helen.

10. Why does Linh berate Helen?
(a) She is so stoic.
(b) For loving a dead man.
(c) He says she is acting like a child.
(d) She is insisting on going where press are not allowed.

11. Who does a soldier say were heroes?
(a) No one.
(b) Darrow and Anderson.
(c) Darrow and Linh.
(d) Anderson and the pilot.

12. What does Linh say Darrow must be getting?
(a) Sloppy.
(b) Insane.
(c) Jaded.
(d) Too meticulous.

13. What does Tanner want to photograph along a road?
(a) A decapitated elderly man.
(b) A dead baby along the road.
(c) An emaciated young man pulling a cart.
(d) A naked elderly woman.

14. What can Helen see in Darrow?
(a) That he does not care for life anymore.
(b) That he is very depressed.
(c) That he values each moment more.
(d) That he is taking chances.

15. What picture does Linh stare at while he is dreaming?
(a) One of his still-living child.
(b) One of Helen.
(c) One of his village in the early dawn before the war begins.
(d) One of his dead wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Thao blame Helen?

2. What does Darrow tell Helen he has back in Saigon?

3. Why is Thao jealous?

4. To what do Helen's thoughts eventually return?

5. What does Helen say Linh had done?

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