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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Rowe is moved to another base?
(a) He is allowed to rest.
(b) He is examined again and debriefed.
(c) He is kept in a confined space.
(d) He is ignored.

2. How quickly is Rowe recognized?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Very quickly.
(d) Not very quickly.

3. Why are these people patrolling the area?
(a) They are in search of POWs.
(b) They are in search of stragglers.
(c) They are in search of Americans.
(d) They are in search of citizens.

4. He says that the men aboard the chopper are kept busy during that initial ride, doing what?
(a) Answering his questions.
(b) Opening cans of c-rations for Rowe.
(c) Listening to him.
(d) Talking to him.

5. What do these animals do for Rowe?
(a) They carry messages to the U.S. military.
(b) They attack the Vietcong.
(c) They provide Rowe with companionship and some small meals.
(d) They help him escape.

6. Why is Rowe retrieved?
(a) Someone decides they want to take a Vietnamese prisoner.
(b) Someone notices he is not Vietnamese.
(c) Someone decides they want to save him.
(d) Someone hears him speaking in English.

7. When does Rowe believe it seems worse to be on the verge of death?
(a) When he cannot defend himself.
(b) When he has lasted this long.
(c) At the hands of Americans.
(d) At the hands of the Vietcong.

8. The prisoners - Jim, Dan, John and Rowe - are moved again on March 4, 1967, this time to where?
(a) Hanoi.
(b) A camp with better construction.
(c) Saigon.
(d) A smaller camp.

9. What is a relatively slow process with Jim?
(a) His improved health.
(b) His decline to death.
(c) His assimilation to prison culture.
(d) His acceptance of the Vietcong beliefs.

10. What is Rowe given?
(a) Two baby leopards.
(b) Two baby hawks.
(c) Two baby pigeons.
(d) Two baby eagles.

11. On September 14, what happens to Rowe?
(a) He is taken on a tour of the region.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He is sent to a new camp.
(d) He is rescued.

12. Using their own slang, what does Rowe ask the men to do?
(a) Send a unit in to save him.
(b) Come back for him.
(c) Help him to escape.
(d) Let his parents know that he is alive.

13. Before landing, someone notes what about Rowe?
(a) His hair.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His beard.
(d) His accent.

14. Rowe arrives at a hospital and is allowed to talk to whom by phone?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) His friends.

15. Does Rowe receive serious punishment?
(a) No, because he says what the Vietcong want to hear.
(b) No, because his guards are relieved that he is returned to them.
(c) No, because he is now a member of the Vietcong army.
(d) Yes, because he had tried to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the men not allowed to buy food?

2. In a village near Tan Phu, why is Rowe recognized?

3. What is happening to Jim?

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

5. Who tells Rowe that the other three are being released but that Rowe will "rest here" for the foreseeable future?

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