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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the guards do?
(a) They dig up the body.
(b) They take the body away.
(c) They throw Ben's body in the river.
(d) They punish Rowe.

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

4. At one point Rowe is questioned but _______________ to communicate effectively.
(a) Is too tired.
(b) Is too confused.
(c) Knows too little Vietnamese.
(d) Is too afraid.

5. Why was the barracks hit?
(a) Because of its proximity to that target.
(b) Because the Vietcong have bad aim.
(c) Because it looks like an airplane hangar.
(d) Because the Vietcong wanted to kill the soldiers.

6. To whom does Lowe barely have time to say goodbye?
(a) Rowe.
(b) Dan.
(c) Ben.
(d) Rocky.

7. Rowe and Dan Pitzer split off, leaving Rocky with whom?
(a) Lieutenant Hoi.
(b) Lieutenant Minh.
(c) Lieutenant Thanh.
(d) Lieutenant Tihn.

8. What do the guards give the prisoners?
(a) A ham, greenbeans, and tea.
(b) A turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.
(c) Rice and fish.
(d) A chicken, cabbage, grease, a French roll, coffee and sugar.

9. They reconnect, pursue the escaping Vietcong for a while, then do what?
(a) Search for allies.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Turn off back toward camp.
(d) Hide in the jungle.

10. Why do they have a layover here?
(a) The men are ill.
(b) The flight crew members are suffering from hang overs.
(c) The flight crew is being changed.
(d) The plane is having engine problems.

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

12. Rowe is a member of what military organization?
(a) The mechanized cavalry.
(b) Reconnaissance.
(c) A regimental combat team.
(d) The Special Forces.

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

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

15. 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) Dan.
(c) Ben.
(d) Rocky.

Short Answer Questions

1. The next morning, Rowe is cooking breakfast when he receives word that what has happened?

2. Rowe has another painful and serious attack of what?

3. Then Dan is called on to write down the lessons he's learned and he almost gives in to writing what they want to hear. Why?

4. Mr. Ba later tells the men that the Red Cross is what?

5. Rowe finds the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Rusty Riggs, is not expecting whom to fill vacancies on the base?

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