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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They reconnect, pursue the escaping Vietcong for a while, then do what?
(a) Turn off back toward camp.
(b) Search for allies.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Hide in the jungle.

2. The prisoners, including Rowe, are instructed to do what?
(a) Give information about the U.S.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Learn Vietnamese.
(d) Call home.

3. Rowe spends some time in what he calls the best assignment the Army offers, learning the language while spending a great deal of time doing what?
(a) Lying on the California beach and learning to parachute.
(b) Seeing the sites of the city.
(c) Reading.
(d) Learning to surf.

4. Rowe is a member of what military organization?
(a) The mechanized cavalry.
(b) Reconnaissance.
(c) A regimental combat team.
(d) The Special Forces.

5. The trip continues _________ late and arrives in Tan Son Nhut where Rowe watches departing troops head back to the United States in the plane that brought him there.
(a) A day.
(b) A month.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A week.

6. They then fly on to Can Tho to what compound?
(a) Nha Trang.
(b) Bien Hoa.
(c) Beau Geste.
(d) Chu Lai.

7. The groups go into what?
(a) The fully-operational Vietcong camp.
(b) The now apparently deserted Vietcong camp.
(c) The bustling village.
(d) The now apparently deserted village.

8. Why Rocky is taken away?
(a) Apparently so he cannot communicate with the others.
(b) Apparently so he can be tried and hanged.
(c) Apparently so he can go home.
(d) Apparently so he can assist the Vietcong.

9. Dave and John are moved out of the camp in _________ of 1965.
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) May.

10. The airfield is easily repaired but several members of the team are what?
(a) Out of commission.
(b) Killed.
(c) Afraid to fight.
(d) Sent home.

11. Dave, on the verge of death, is taken away by boat, presumably to where?
(a) The river.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A hospital.
(d) Another camp.

12. There is a new American prisoner, a man named Dave Davila who has what?
(a) Malaria.
(b) West Nile.
(c) Shrapnel in his legs.
(d) Influenza.

13. Why would Rowe likely have been shot on sight?
(a) The Americans are trigger-happy.
(b) He is of Asian descent.
(c) He is dressed in traditional Vietcong garb.
(d) The American soldiers shoot on sight.

14. Who is the leader of the guards?
(a) Viet.
(b) Phan.
(c) Nam.
(d) Nguyen.

15. What happens to Lowe?
(a) He is tortured.
(b) He is chased away.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He's bound at the wrist and elbow and is taken away.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of the story, James N. Rowe, is stationed at ____________ in Vietnam.

2. Then Ben becomes listless and Rowe sees the signs of what?

3. Then Dan is called on to write down the lessons he's learned and he almost gives in to writing what they want to hear. Why?

4. Rowe and Dan Pitzer split off, leaving Rocky with whom?

5. The plan goes wrong immediately and the Vietcong do what?

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