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

2. What is Helen's first assignment from Gary?
(a) To take pictures of peaceful places in Saigon.
(b) To write a report on Vietnamese families and the war.
(c) To interview the American Ambassador.
(d) To cover the Buddhist strikes.

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

4. What worries Darrow about Helen the most?
(a) That she will find someone else.
(b) That she will be killed.
(c) That she really is pregnant.
(d) That she will stay in Vietnam too long.

5. What does Darrow call Helen when he meets her?
(a) A scheming female.
(b) A child playing with fire.
(c) A great addition.
(d) A looky-loo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens shortly after Linh meets his first American?

2. How does Darrow get the Lieutenant to do what Darrow wants?

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

4. Why does Darrow send Linh to work with Helen?

5. What does Helen arrange for Linh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Helen survive in Saigon without Darrow?

5. Why does Darrow worry about Helen?

6. What happens when Linh meets his first American?

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

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

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

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

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