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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the men in the book in question #1 eat the Lotus Flower?
(a) They lose all desire to leave the meadows.
(b) They fall in love with the women there.
(c) They turn into monsters.
(d) They fall asleep and never wake up.

2. Why is Helen stopped in the street?
(a) Because she is a black woman.
(b) Because her face is not covered and she is female.
(c) She looks like she is rich.
(d) Because she is carrying a camera.

3. What job does Helen have in Saigon?
(a) USO performer.
(b) Photojournalist.
(c) She has no job but is married to a Vietnamese.
(d) Civilian secretary for the army.

4. What does the person who Helen meets tell her?
(a) She already has a Pulitzer so she will leave.
(b) He has a seat reserved on a plane that leaves in an hour.
(c) She is leaving immediately.
(d) He has not won a Pulitzer.

5. What do Helen and Darrow do the night they meet after dinner?
(a) Spend a long time talking.
(b) Go to bed together.
(c) Go out and shoot some pictures.
(d) Go dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary think about working with Darrow?

2. How long has Helen been in Vietnam?

3. Where do Helen and Linh go?

4. What did Linh do before he was drafted into the army?

5. How do Darrow, Gary and Linh feel about Helen when they meet her?

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