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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rowe go on constant forced walks?
(a) Reportedly for his safety from air raids.
(b) Reportedly to give him exercise.
(c) Reportedly to try to kill him.
(d) Reportedly to weaken him.

2. After how many days does Tim Barker, a U.S. Army Captain, die?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty.

3. Dave and John are moved out of the camp in _________ of 1965.
(a) March.
(b) May.
(c) April.
(d) June.

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

5. What does Rowe find out later about the airstrip?
(a) It was well-defended during the attack.
(b) It was the target of the attack.
(c) It was missed during the attack.
(d) It was avoided during the attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they are moving to yet another location, Rowe catches an opportunity to watch Rocky and notes what?

2. The author of the story, James N. Rowe, is stationed at ____________ in Vietnam.

3. Riggs stands up for them to others and Rowe decides that being one of Riggs' lieutenants is what?

4. The plan goes wrong immediately and the Vietcong do what?

5. One day, Dan and Rowe are bathing in a canal when they hear whose voice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems surround this plan?

2. What has happened to Rowe, physically?

3. How do the attacks on the camp affect the men?

4. When the men come under fire, what does Rowe realize?

5. What do the men do, first thing, the day after their arrival at the camp?

6. How do Dan and Rowe learn that Rocky is alive?

7. What is the first step of the operation? What goes wrong?

8. Describe the photograph of the men taken. Why might it be taken?

9. Describe the men's experiences at Tan Phu.

10. What takes place immediately following Rowe's capture?

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