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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. What does Helen start to do so the soldiers will respect her?
(a) Helps the medics save lives.
(b) Acts more like a woman.
(c) Acts like a drill sergeant.
(d) Takes chances for great pictures.

2. What do the taxis in Saigon look like?
(a) Blue and white Renaults.
(b) White and red Renaults.
(c) Green and black Toyotas.
(d) They vary.

3. Who was the first American Linh ever met?
(a) Helen.
(b) Sam Darrow.
(c) Robert Canson.
(d) Matt Carter.

4. What do Helen and Curt talk about on the way out of the field?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Photography.
(c) War.
(d) Motorcycles.

5. What does Darrow tell Helen during Christmas dinner?
(a) Jack has been killed.
(b) He is leaving the country.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) She needs to go back to the states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Bao know about Linh?

2. What happens when the men in the book in question #1 eat the Lotus Flower?

3. What is done to Helen when she is stopped?

4. What does Darrow make clear to Helen when she next sees him?

5. Why does the soldier allow Linh to stay with Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Linh meets his first American?

2. How does Helen meet Darrow and what happens when she does?

3. Why does Darrow worry about Helen?

4. What happens and who does Helen meet the first time she goes into the field with Darrow?

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

6. Who does Helen meet at the river and what do they discuss?

7. What is Helen doing in the streets of Saigon when the novel opens and what does she see and do?

8. How did Linh end up working for Sam Darrow?

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

10. Why is Helen stopped on the street and what happens when she is stopped?

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