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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. When does Linh first spot Helen?
(a) Among the faces at a press conference.
(b) In Darrow's room.
(c) During a conversation with Bao.
(d) In a battle helicopter.

2. What did Linh's father do for a living in Hanoi?
(a) The town mayor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A physician.
(d) A professor of literature.

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

4. Why does a Captain jump on Helen when she steps forward to take a picture of a grandfather?
(a) He is angry she turned down his request for a date.
(b) He says women should not be in the field.
(c) He says she is going to be killed.
(d) He says she is going to get them killed.

5. What happens shortly after Linh meets his first American?
(a) He is arrested by the Americans.
(b) His village is bombed and his family is killed.
(c) His son is born.
(d) He is discharged from the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Helen angry at Darrow?

2. What job does Helen have in Saigon?

3. What happens to MacCrae a few weeks after Helen meets him?

4. What is Helen's first assignment from Gary?

5. Why do the journalists feel ashamed when coming back from a shoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helen survive in Saigon without Darrow?

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

3. How does Linh feel when he sees a picture of Helen and Darrow and why does he feel that way? What does he think about the picture?

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

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

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

7. What was Linh's life like before he was drafted into the army?

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

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

10. How does Linh end up working for the North?

(see the answer keys)

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