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

2. What do the guards give the prisoners?
(a) Rice and fish.
(b) A chicken, cabbage, grease, a French roll, coffee and sugar.
(c) A ham, greenbeans, and tea.
(d) A turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.

3. When Rowe is taken inside, he discovers that _________ is there, that his leg is troubling him but that he is alive and conscious.
(a) Rocky.
(b) Ben.
(c) Dan.
(d) Lowe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Lowe barely have time to say goodbye?

2. They then fly on to Can Tho to what compound?

3. Dan establishes relationships with several prisoners, though not friendships, that save him from what?

4. Dan and Rowe are taken to another camp where what are taken?

5. Rowe notes that on nights they show a movie in camp there is almost no what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dan and Rowe learn that Rocky is alive?

2. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

3. How does Dan deal with this isolation?

4. What happened the night that the Beau Geste compound was bombed?

5. What takes place immediately following Rowe's capture?

6. What takes place in January and February of 1965?

7. Describe Staff Sergeant Ben Wilkes.

8. Describe Rowe's arrival at his training camp.

9. What happened to Dave at this point?

10. What happens when the men are promised a Christmas celebration?

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