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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done to Helen when she is stopped?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She is hit on the head.
(d) She is taken to a safe place.

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

3. With what does Helen ask Darrow for help?
(a) Tying her combat boots.
(b) Putting on the body harness.
(c) Loading her film.
(d) Adjusting her aperture.

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

5. What do the taxis in Saigon look like?
(a) They vary.
(b) White and red Renaults.
(c) Green and black Toyotas.
(d) Blue and white Renaults.

6. What does Helen notice about how journalist act towards each other in the field?
(a) No one speaks to each other.
(b) They compete and cooperate.
(c) They help each other out and feel no competition.
(d) It is dog eat dog.

7. Why does Darrow send Linh to work with Helen?
(a) Linh has asked to be assigned to her.
(b) He says Linh will be valuable to Helen.
(c) He is upset with Linh.
(d) He wants to keep Linh safe.

8. From what story did the quote about the Lotus Eaters come?
(a) The Odessey.
(b) Call of the Wild.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) Jane Eyre.

9. Who teaches Helen about darkroom operation?
(a) Arnie.
(b) Darrow.
(c) Jack.
(d) Robert.

10. What happens shortly after Linh meets his first American?
(a) He is discharged from the army.
(b) His son is born.
(c) His village is bombed and his family is killed.
(d) He is arrested by the Americans.

11. How long has Annick lived in Vietnam?
(a) 20 years.
(b) Five years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) All her life.

12. How does Linh feel when he sees a picture of Helen and Darrow on Darrow's table?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Surprised and jealous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

13. What type of stories did Helen do on Cambodia?
(a) Stories on their type of farmning.
(b) Humanitarian.
(c) She did not do any stories on Cambodia.
(d) Stories about the animals there.

14. What does Linh tell Helen he will do when she leaves that morning?
(a) He will get on a plane if she does not return.
(b) He will meet her at his sister's.
(c) If she does not return he will stay in Saigon.
(d) He was not at the apartment when she left.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Darrow put his camera down during a battle?

2. Who does Helen meet at the river?

3. In what kind of unit was Helen's brother?

4. Why is Saigon in chaos?

5. What does a soldier say about the Vietnamese and life?

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