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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lowe?
(a) He is tortured.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is chased away.
(d) He's bound at the wrist and elbow and is taken away.

2. In August, ______________, a medic with the Special Forces, arrives in the camp as a prisoner.
(a) Dave Davila.
(b) Jim Jackson.
(c) Tim Barker.
(d) Edward Johnson.

3. Rowe arrives in Fort Sill, ____________, in 1961.
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Oregon.

4. Rowe is wakened at _________ o'clock the morning of the operation.
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. When Rowe is taken inside, he discovers that _________ is there, that his leg is troubling him but that he is alive and conscious.
(a) Lowe.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Dan.
(d) Ben.

6. The schooling continues and Rowe learns what?
(a) The Vietcong are stronger than the American forces.
(b) Americans are searching for them.
(c) Americans are becoming more involved in the struggle.
(d) Americans are pulling out of Vietnam.

7. For days, the attacks continue during the daylight hours so that Dan and Rowe are moved out early each morning where?
(a) Into broad daylight.
(b) To another camp.
(c) Into the dense foliage in the nearby area.
(d) Into a nearby river.

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

9. They then fly on to Can Tho to what compound?
(a) Chu Lai.
(b) Nha Trang.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Beau Geste.

10. Rowe is chosen to study ___________.
(a) Chinese.
(b) Vietnamese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Japanese.

11. Rowe's group goes on to Tan Phu where they are to do what?
(a) Plan attacks against the Vietcong.
(b) Learn the language.
(c) Train the Vietnamese.
(d) Oversee construction projects and offer assistance to the Vietnamese forces there.

12. Then Ben becomes listless and Rowe sees the signs of what?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dystentery.
(c) Influenza.
(d) A man who has given up hope.

13. 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.
(a) A few hours.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) A day.

14. John and Rowe have bouts of what which prompts some rudimentary medical care?
(a) Liver failure.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Intestinal failure.
(d) Kidney failure.

15. Dan is put to work and finds that it's wonderful. Why?
(a) He likes being able to move around the camp.
(b) He likes only having to think about himself.
(c) He likes being alone.
(d) It feels good to get some exercise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why Rocky is taken away?

2. In February they arrive at Rung U Minh or what?

3. Mr. Ba, is nicknamed what by Rowe?

4. What does Rowe find out later about the airstrip?

5. Lowe loses sight of whom?

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