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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. How did Helen get into the field without Darrow?
(a) She forged press credentials.
(b) She found a Lieutenant who was sympathetic.
(c) Taking army journalist junkets.
(d) She followed soldiers in a taxi.

2. How long has Helen been in Vietnam?
(a) Five years.
(b) Almost ten years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

3. What does Linh try to teach Darrow?
(a) About the country of Vietnam.
(b) How to care for his equipment in the humid jungle.
(c) Why the communists are winning.
(d) How to speak to a Vietnamese woman.

4. Why is Darrow arguing with a Lieutenant in Chapter 4?
(a) He will not let Helen on the helicopter.
(b) He wants a date with Helen.
(c) He says Darrow's camera equipment is too heavy.
(d) He wants Darrow to give him a bribe.

5. Where was Linh sent when he answered a Help Wanted ad?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Hanoi.
(d) A U.S. army base in Saigon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a Captain jump on Helen when she steps forward to take a picture of a grandfather?

2. Who teaches Helen about darkroom operation?

3. What does Darrow tell Helen during Christmas dinner?

4. What is Helen's hope concerning herself and Linh?

5. What do the taxis in Saigon look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helen survive in Saigon without Darrow?

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

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

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

5. What happens when Linh meets his first American?

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

7. What happens to Linh after Helen leaves him and what does Linh think about the events of the day?

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

9. What happens when Helen and Linh arrive at the embassy?

10. What happens when Helen and Linh board a medical helicopter?

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