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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. The prisoners are promised what celebration?
2. Rowe is wakened at _________ o'clock the morning of the operation.
3. They near Le Coeur at 5:15. Is this on schedule?
4. They cross rice paddies, learn from a resident that there have been enemy forces along the road recently but get no information regarding what?
5. When it becomes evident that Dave is going to die, what does Rowe do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has happened to Rowe, physically?
2. When the men come under fire, what does Rowe realize?
3. Why is Rocky taken away from the others?
4. Describe the photograph of the men taken. Why might it be taken?
5. How are some of the men captured or killed at this point?
6. What takes place immediately following Rowe's capture?
7. Describe the men's experiences at Tan Phu.
8. What does Nam tell the men about their situation?
9. Who is Tim Barker? What happened to him?
10. How do Dan and Rowe learn that Rocky is alive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several escape attempts are made by the men.
Part 1) Describe these attempts. Are they successful? Why or why not? What do these attempts say about the POWs?
Part 2) How are they treated in these ways? Are you surprised by any of these consequences? Why or why not?
Part 3) How do the men use psychological warfare in some of these attempts? How do they benefit from this?
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 lives a solitary lief at one point in the story.
Part 1) Why does he live without his friends for much of the end of the story? Do you believe the Vietcong's reasons for this? Why or why not? What do you believe happened to the other men? Why?
Part 2) How is Rowe affected by this? How does he cope with this? Is he affected by this in the way the Vietcong had hoped? Why or why not?
Part 3) How does this solitary confinement lead to his freedom? Would he have been successful if he had been with the other men? Why or why not?
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