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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point Rowe is questioned but _______________ to communicate effectively.
(a) Knows too little Vietnamese.
(b) Is too tired.
(c) Is too afraid.
(d) Is too confused.

2. Then Ben becomes listless and Rowe sees the signs of what?
(a) Dystentery.
(b) Influenza.
(c) A man who has given up hope.
(d) Malaria.

3. To whom does Lowe barely have time to say goodbye?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Ben.
(c) Rowe.
(d) Dan.

4. It's almost ______ o'clock when the ambush group is spotted by a guard.
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

5. The story returns to when?
(a) The moments following Rowe's capture.
(b) Rowe decided to join the military.
(c) Rowe was in the training camp in the U.S.
(d) Rowe was rescued.

6. After how many days does Tim Barker, a U.S. Army Captain, die?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Eight.

7. Rowe and the others are fed _____ though his hands remain tied.
(a) Rice.
(b) Soup.
(c) Bread.
(d) Oatmeal.

8. The prisoners dub the camp ____________ because of a high fence that keeps them prisoner.
(a) No-K Corral.
(b) Not OK Corral.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Auschwitz.

9. Lowe finds that his own gun is inoperative and is confronted by VC soldiers carrying what?
(a) A spear.
(b) A Chinese pistol.
(c) A knife.
(d) An American rifle.

10. He says that he fears for his life but grows more hopeful when?
(a) He is not shot immediately.
(b) He is no longer being beaten.
(c) He is given food.
(d) The Vietcong leave him alone.

11. The plan goes wrong immediately and the Vietcong do what?
(a) Shoot the Americans.
(b) Run in the opposite direction from the ambush groups.
(c) Run in the same direction as the ambush groups.
(d) Surrender.

12. In August, ______________, a medic with the Special Forces, arrives in the camp as a prisoner.
(a) Edward Johnson.
(b) Jim Jackson.
(c) Tim Barker.
(d) Dave Davila.

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

14. 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?
(a) He might be given his freedom.
(b) To refuse might prompt a severe punishment.
(c) He is tired of being bothered by the Vietcong.
(d) He is beginning to believe the Vietcong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Rowe likely have been shot on sight?

2. Lowe loses sight of whom?

3. What does Rowe find out later about the airstrip?

4. 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?

5. They are blindfolded for the next part of the trip which is by ___________.

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