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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rowe has another painful and serious attack of what?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Fluid buildup.

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

3. Do Rowe's pleas for food and medicine get noticed?
(a) Yes.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) No.
(d) Not at first.

4. That night, Rowe has a dream about a battle and wakes to find what?
(a) They're being barraged with shells.
(b) He is still in California.
(c) A war movie being played.
(d) No one there.

5. The new year arrives and it's discovered that what has happened to Rowe?
(a) He has been shot.
(b) He has been tortured.
(c) He has been retaining fluids.
(d) He has not been eating.

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

7. Dan and Rowe are taken to another camp where what are taken?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Videos.
(c) The men's personal items.
(d) The men's names and personal information.

8. When it becomes evident that Dave is going to die, what does Rowe do?
(a) He stays with him until the end.
(b) He pleads for medicine and food.
(c) He reassures him that he will speak to his wife.
(d) He asks to bury Dave's body.

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

10. What request do the guards ignore?
(a) The prisoners being allowed to contact Ben's wife.
(b) The prisoners being allowed to have a priest bury Ben.
(c) The prisoners being allowed to write a letter to the Red Cross.
(d) The prisoners being allowed to bury Ben.

11. Rowe tells the guards this news when?
(a) Never.
(b) Right away.
(c) Only after they have buried Ben.
(d) Only after they have cleaned Ben up.

12. The groups go into what?
(a) The fully-operational Vietcong camp.
(b) The now apparently deserted village.
(c) The now apparently deserted Vietcong camp.
(d) The bustling village.

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

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

15. They continue to seek a way out when they learn what has happened to reinforcements?
(a) They have all been killed.
(b) They are returned to the camp.
(c) They have surrendered to the Vietcong.
(d) They have been caught in an ambush and won't be coming to their aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have a layover here?

2. The next American brought to the camp is Staff Sergeant Ben Wilkes who has been in captivity for how long?

3. The prisoners dub the camp ____________ because of a high fence that keeps them prisoner.

4. To whom does Lowe barely have time to say goodbye?

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

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