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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Rowe that the other three are being released but that Rowe will "rest here" for the foreseeable future?
(a) The three men.
(b) The camp commander.
(c) A Vietcong soldier.
(d) The camp translator.

2. Rowe hastily comes up with a cover story, saying that he'd been trying to find better fishing grounds and that he'd set lines along the way. What is enough to plant doubt that Rowe is trying to escape?
(a) His fluent Vietnamese.
(b) The way in which he tells the story.
(c) The lines he has in his hands.
(d) The presence of lines, though someone else's.

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

4. At first, what do these men plan to do to Rowe?
(a) Save him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Capture him.
(d) Shoot him.

5. Major Hai commands the camp and Mr. Muoi serves as what?
(a) The disciplinarian.
(b) His assistant.
(c) Interpreter.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides moving, what else do the Vietcong do to stay out of harm's way?

2. What happens to Rowe's camp?

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

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

5. What is Rowe told to expect?

(see the answer key)

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