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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. They are told they are to listen to a radio broadcast. What are the first words they hear?

2. The groups go into what?

3. Rowe is a member of what military organization?

4. Rowe and the others are fed _____ though his hands remain tied.

5. Dave, on the verge of death, is taken away by boat, presumably to where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the photograph of the men taken. Why might it be taken?

2. What does Rowe think about his job as a member of the Special Forces?

3. How are some of the men captured or killed at this point?

4. What happened to Ben?

5. What are the prisoners encouraged to write? What does Rowe choose to do?

6. Why is Rocky taken away from the others?

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

8. How do the attacks on the camp affect the men?

9. What is the first step of the operation? What goes wrong?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is an operation planned between Tan Phu and Le Coeur.

Part 1) Describe this operation. What is foreshadowed at the beginning of this story regarding the success of this operation?

Part 2) Why might the steps leading up to this operation and the operation itself turn out the way they do?

Part 3) What might this say about the Vietnam War as a whole? What does this say about the U.S. military mindset at this time?

Essay Topic 2

The POW's meals consist of rice and fish or eel.

Part 1) How does this affect the men? Why do the Vietcong continue to feed them this same diet?

Part 2) How different might the men's experience have been in the camps if they had a diet with more variety? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How is food a theme in this story? How important does this basic need become to these men?

Essay Topic 3

Rowe is given baby eagles.

Part 1) Why is he given baby eagles? What does he do with these animals? How does he benefit from having these birds?

Part 2) Why does he kill them? How might this affect him?

Part 3) How is the giving of these eagles and the treatment of them by the Vietcong a form of psychological warfare?

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