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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rowe and Dan insist that they write a single letter to whom?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The U.S. military.
(c) The President.
(d) Their families.

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

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

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

5. Forces from the camp are to go to Le Coeur to do what?
(a) Speak with the Vietcong.
(b) Drive out Vietcong forces.
(c) Surrender to the Vietcong.
(d) Sign a treaty with the Vietcong.

6. Lowe finds that his own gun is inoperative and is confronted by VC soldiers carrying what?
(a) An American rifle.
(b) A knife.
(c) A spear.
(d) A Chinese pistol.

7. Rowe spends some time in what he calls the best assignment the Army offers, learning the language while spending a great deal of time doing what?
(a) Seeing the sites of the city.
(b) Reading.
(c) Learning to surf.
(d) Lying on the California beach and learning to parachute.

8. Who is the leader of the guards?
(a) Nam.
(b) Viet.
(c) Phan.
(d) Nguyen.

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

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

11. Dave, on the verge of death, is taken away by boat, presumably to where?
(a) The river.
(b) Another camp.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A cemetery.

12. They are blindfolded for the next part of the trip which is by ___________.
(a) Boat.
(b) Bike.
(c) Train.
(d) Truck.

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

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

15. In February they arrive at Rung U Minh or what?
(a) The Wild Jungle.
(b) The Forest of Darkness.
(c) The Hills of Vietnam.
(d) The River of Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point Rowe is questioned but _______________ to communicate effectively.

2. There is a new American prisoner, a man named Dave Davila who has what?

3. Dave and John are moved out of the camp in _________ of 1965.

4. They are told they are to listen to a radio broadcast. What are the first words they hear?

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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