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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they are moving to yet another location, Rowe catches an opportunity to watch Rocky and notes what?
(a) He is speaking in Vietnamese.
(b) He is dressed in Western clothing.
(c) His hair has turned white.
(d) He looks very weak.

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

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

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

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

6. They face attacks of varying levels from their arrival but focus on providing what?
(a) Military training.
(b) Medical training and information about sanitation and other issues of health.
(c) Food.
(d) Entertainment for the troops.

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

8. Rowe, Rocky and Dan are put into what upon their arrival?
(a) A truck bed.
(b) A train car.
(c) A cage.
(d) A large room.

9. He sees _____ fall after being hit by several rounds.
(a) Dan.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Rowe.
(d) Ben.

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

11. Dan eventually finds himself alone in another camp, for what reason?
(a) For having tried to escape.
(b) For having refused to agree to the rhetoric being taught to the prisoners.
(c) For talking back to the Vietcong.
(d) For encouraging the other men to resist the temptation to give into the Vietcong.

12. The prisoners dub the camp ____________ because of a high fence that keeps them prisoner.
(a) No-K Corral.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Not OK Corral.
(d) Buchenwald.

13. 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.

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

15. Rowe notes that on nights they show a movie in camp there is almost no what?
(a) Complaining.
(b) Noise.
(c) Stop in the fighting.
(d) Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. For days, the attacks continue during the daylight hours so that Dan and Rowe are moved out early each morning where?

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.

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

4. The following day, the men do what?

5. On the way, they suddenly come under fire and Rowe is the first to realize what?

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