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

2. What does Linh feel for the first time since Mai's death?
(a) Grief.
(b) Passion.
(c) The touch and kindness of another.
(d) Disappointment.

3. How does Darrow say Helen should view Linh?
(a) As a spy.
(b) As her guardian angel.
(c) As a man from a very patriarchal culture.
(d) As the enemy.

4. Who is Thao?
(a) Linh's sister-in-law.
(b) Darrow's contact with the Viet Cong.
(c) Linh's sister.
(d) Helen's housekeeper.

5. How many times has Darrow's helicopter gone down?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Helen and Darrow visit?

2. To what do Helen's thoughts eventually return?

3. What do some people wonder about Darrow?

4. What does Darrow tell Helen he has back in Saigon?

5. Who gets into a fight at Robert's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dinner Thao has for Linh.

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

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

4. What happens with Robert?

5. Who is Thao and what does she feel towards Linh and Helen?

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

7. What does Robert ask Helen and what is her response?

8. What does Helen resent about Darrow?

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

10. What do Helen and Darrow discuss concerning Linh and his helping Helen?

(see the answer keys)

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