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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben stops doing what almost completely?

2. Rowe is wakened at _________ o'clock the morning of the operation.

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

4. Rowe and Dan Pitzer split off, leaving Rocky with whom?

5. Rowe's group goes on to Tan Phu where they are to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does showing a movie affect the men?

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

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

4. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

5. What does Nam tell the men about their situation?

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

7. What happened the night that the Beau Geste compound was bombed?

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

9. What happens at around six o'clock?

10. What are the prisoners encouraged to write? What does Rowe choose to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Food is an important theme throughout the story.

Part 1) How is food a theme in this story? How important is food in this story? What does this say about one's basic needs?

Part 2) How is food used as a part of the Vietcong's psychological warfare? How does this affect the men?

Part 3) How different would the POW's situation have been if they had received adequate nutrition? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Rowe is debriefed.

Part 1) Describe this debriefing. Why does this take place? What purpose does it serve?

Part 2) Why is this debriefing disturbing for Rowe? How does this make a comparison between the U.S. military and the Vietcong?

Part 3) Why is this debriefing important to the U.S. military? Do they care about Rowe? Why or why not? What matters to the U.S. military, based on Rowe's debriefing? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Rowe lives a solitary lief at one point in the story.

Part 1) Why does he live without his friends for much of the end of the story? Do you believe the Vietcong's reasons for this? Why or why not? What do you believe happened to the other men? Why?

Part 2) How is Rowe affected by this? How does he cope with this? Is he affected by this in the way the Vietcong had hoped? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this solitary confinement lead to his freedom? Would he have been successful if he had been with the other men? Why or why not?

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