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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) He is tired of being bothered by the Vietcong.
(b) He is beginning to believe the Vietcong.
(c) To refuse might prompt a severe punishment.
(d) He might be given his freedom.

2. The airfield is easily repaired but several members of the team are what?
(a) Sent home.
(b) Killed.
(c) Afraid to fight.
(d) Out of commission.

3. They cross rice paddies, learn from a resident that there have been enemy forces along the road recently but get no information regarding what?
(a) Who the enemy is.
(b) How long ago the enemy was there.
(c) The number of forces.
(d) Where the enemy is located.

4. On January 25, 1965, Rowe and the others arrive where?
(a) In Hanoi.
(b) In Saigon.
(c) In a new cage.
(d) In a new camp.

5. On the way, they suddenly come under fire and Rowe is the first to realize what?
(a) The goal is to keep them pinned down until another group of VC can cut them off so that they have no escape.
(b) The Vietcong are not the ones shooting at them.
(c) They are the only Americans left alive.
(d) They are going to die.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Le Coeur is too near the camp to allow what?
(a) Peace between the Vietcong and U.S. military.
(b) The U.S. military to remain.
(c) A battle to take place.
(d) The newly-arrived Vietcong to remain.

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

11. The next American brought to the camp is Staff Sergeant Ben Wilkes who has been in captivity for how long?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four years.
(d) A year.

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

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

14. The plan goes wrong immediately and the Vietcong do what?
(a) Shoot the Americans.
(b) Run in the same direction as the ambush groups.
(c) Run in the opposite direction from the ambush groups.
(d) Surrender.

15. Rowe and the others are fed _____ though his hands remain tied.
(a) Soup.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben stops doing what almost completely?

2. John and Rowe have bouts of what which prompts some rudimentary medical care?

3. What do the guards do?

4. 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?

5. 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.

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