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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 is a deserter.
(b) His connections with the Viet Cong.
(c) The tragedy concerning his family.
(d) That he still has one child alive somewhere.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What is in Xa?
(a) The base for a new campaign.
(b) Linh's extended family.
(c) Where the journalists go to relax.
(d) Darrow who is recuperating.

6. With what does Helen become involved while she is staying with Darrow?
(a) Village life.
(b) One of the USAID men.
(c) A food program for babies.
(d) The school.

7. How does Darrow say Helen should view Linh?
(a) As the enemy.
(b) As a man from a very patriarchal culture.
(c) As a spy.
(d) As her guardian angel.

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

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

10. What does Linh realize about Helen?
(a) She will never love him.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) She is a fairy.
(d) She is not altogether present mentally.

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

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

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

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

15. What offer does Linh refuse from Robert?
(a) To be a correspondent in Thailand.
(b) To fly to the States for Darrow's funeral.
(c) To be a correspondent in Burma.
(d) A job and American citizenship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helen say Robert would do if she agreed to his request?

3. What is Robert's new position?

4. What happens the morning after the summer festivities end?

5. What does Darrow say he did not care about for a long time?

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