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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 seems to be receding to Helen?
(a) Her plan to win a Pulitzer.
(b) Her plan to stay emotionally aloof from the country.
(c) The plan to return to the U. S.
(d) Her memories of her father's shame of her.

2. What does Helen ask Robert?
(a) If he is divorcing his wife.
(b) If he is serious about the Swiss nurse.
(c) How he can leave Vietnam.
(d) If he is taking the whole bureau with him.

3. What does Linh realize about Helen?
(a) She will never love him.
(b) She is not altogether present mentally.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) She is a fairy.

4. Where does Helen go with two green berets?
(a) To the jungles just south of Hanoi.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To the crash site.

5. What does Darrow tell Helen he has back in Saigon?
(a) A bag of gold coins.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A will.
(d) A son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen learn about concerning Linh?

2. What did Linh do while separated from Darrow and Helen?

3. Who does a soldier say were heroes?

4. What does Linh wish about Darrow?

5. What picture does Linh stare at while he is dreaming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Darrow and Anderson?

2. What does Darrow tell Helen he has in Saigon and what does he say about his life?

3. What does Linh wish things were like and why aren't they?

4. What did Linh do while away from Helen and Darrow?

5. Describe Helen and Darrow's visit to a Red Cross camp.

6. What happens when Helen calls Tom?

7. Where do Linh and Helen go and what is happening with Darrow?

8. What do Annick and Helen discuss when she has dinner with Annick?

9. How does Helen's teaching Linh to swim change something for Linh?

10. What happens to Helen that has Darrow telling her she is better off without belief?

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