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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Helen and Linh go?
(a) To the embassy.
(b) To his parents' house.
(c) To an American army base.
(d) To a hospital.

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

3. Why do Helen's bags remained packed in the motel room?
(a) She does not know where she is going next.
(b) She thinks she should leave Vietnam.
(c) She does not trust the motel staff.
(d) She is too lazy to unpack them.

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

5. Why did Michael go to Vietnam?
(a) He was drafted.
(b) To follow in his father's footsteps.
(c) To stop communism.
(d) To help stop the war from the inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Helen and Darrow do the night they meet after dinner?

2. What does Darrow give Helen the next morning?

3. From what story did the quote about the Lotus Eaters come?

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

5. What is Curt determined to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helen feel about her relationship with Darrow and how does Darrow feel about it?

2. Why did Helen's brother go to Vietnam?

3. What happens in the evening of Helen's first trip into the field?

4. What happens when Linh meets his first American?

5. How does Helen survive in Saigon without Darrow?

6. Who does Helen meet in the Special Forces and what does she learn from him and what happens to him?

7. What does Helen do with her bags in the motel and why does she do it?

8. What have Helen and Linh been doing for three years and why?

9. How does Helen finally get to be seen like one of the boys?

10. How does Helen meet Annick and what happens when she does?

(see the answer keys)

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