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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. What will be used in this selling process?
(a) The men's bartering tactics.
(b) The men's valuables.
(c) The money given to the prisoners to buy extra items they want.
(d) The money the men had on them when they were captured.

2. Does Rowe receive serious punishment?
(a) No, because he says what the Vietcong want to hear.
(b) No, because his guards are relieved that he is returned to them.
(c) Yes, because he had tried to escape.
(d) No, because he is now a member of the Vietcong army.

3. At first, what do these men plan to do to Rowe?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Capture him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Save him.

4. Who initially sees Rowe?
(a) Army personnel.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A nutritionist.

5. What is a relatively slow process with Jim?
(a) His decline to death.
(b) His improved health.
(c) His assimilation to prison culture.
(d) His acceptance of the Vietcong beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else do the men buy?

2. Why does Rowe wave his mosquito netting?

3. What happens when one attacks a guard who comes too close?

4. How does Rowe feel after eating this meal?

5. Alone, Rowe is initially ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What gives Rowe the strength to resist the VC demands?

2. What is revealed about the Vietnamese people with whom Rowe comes in contact?

3. How does Rowe try to draw attention to himself? Why does he do it in this way?

4. Describe the moments soon after Rowe's rescue.

5. What does Rowe do for the men before they leave?

6. What punishment is given to Rowe for refusing to write a statement siding with the National Liberation Front?

7. Describe Rowe's action during the move.

8. Who are Herc and Ajax? Describe Rowe's relationship with them.

9. According to the VC, what must Rowe do to be released? Does he do this?

10. Describe Rowe's encounter with the news reporter.

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