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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Wearying.
(b) Sad.
(c) Frustrating.
(d) Scary.

2. What is happening to Jim?
(a) He is beginning to believe the Vietcong.
(b) He is growing stronger.
(c) He is weakening.
(d) He is becoming angry.

3. When Rowe and his fellow squad members are deployed to Vietnam, they have a layover where?
(a) In Fiji.
(b) In California.
(c) In Hawaii.
(d) In China.

4. 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?
(a) A translator.
(b) Rocky's assistance with the other prisoners.
(c) Rocky's loyalty.
(d) Information and the understanding that Rocky can understand a great deal of the language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rowe want the Vietcong prisoners to be sentenced to this?

2. Why do the men buy raw brown sugar?

3. What request do the guards ignore?

4. When Rowe is taken inside, he discovers that _________ is there, that his leg is troubling him but that he is alive and conscious.

5. Dan is put to work and finds that it's wonderful. Why?

(see the answer key)

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