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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. Rocky later has a lengthy conversation with the leader of the guards who offers up answers he believes Rocky wants to hear and, in exchange, gains what?

2. They reconnect, pursue the escaping Vietcong for a while, then do what?

3. When it becomes evident that Dave is going to die, what does Rowe do?

4. What happens to Lowe?

5. They continue to hear radio broadcasts, including what in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the men instructed to write letters? Why do the men refuse these instructions?

2. What happened to Dave at this point?

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

4. What do the men do, first thing, the day after their arrival at the camp?

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

6. What happened to Ben?

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

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

9. Describe Staff Sergeant Ben Wilkes.

10. When the men come under fire, what does Rowe realize?

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

The men suffer from bombings of the camp.

Part 1) Describe these bombings. What must the men do during the bombings? Why? How do the men suffer from these bombings?

Part 2) Are you surprised by some of the men's reactions to the bombings? Why or why not?

Part 3) What do the bombings reveal about the Vietnam War and the Vietcong?

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