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

2. There is a new American prisoner, a man named Dave Davila who has what?
(a) Shrapnel in his legs.
(b) Influenza.
(c) West Nile.
(d) Malaria.

3. Dan establishes relationships with several prisoners, though not friendships, that save him from what?
(a) Torture.
(b) Being noticed by the Vietcong.
(c) Total isolation.
(d) Death.

4. Ben stops doing what almost completely?
(a) Eating.
(b) Singing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Breathing.

5. Dan and Rowe learn that who has been assassinated but they don't believe it?
(a) Nguyen Minh Triet.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) President Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One day, the camp is shelled and Rowe finds himself running for his life. He notes that it's ___________ to be so near a rescue.

3. Why do they have a layover here?

4. The trip continues _________ late and arrives in Tan Son Nhut where Rowe watches departing troops head back to the United States in the plane that brought him there.

5. It's almost ______ o'clock when the ambush group is spotted by a guard.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Tim Barker? What happened to him?

2. How does showing a movie affect the men?

3. What happened to Ben?

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

5. What does Nam tell the men about their situation?

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

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

8. Why is Rocky taken away from the others?

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

10. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

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