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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. In August, ______________, a medic with the Special Forces, arrives in the camp as a prisoner.

2. After how many days does Tim Barker, a U.S. Army Captain, die?

3. He sees _____ fall after being hit by several rounds.

4. They continue to hear radio broadcasts, including what in the United States?

5. They then fly on to Can Tho to what compound?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does showing a movie affect the men?

2. What happens when the men are promised a Christmas celebration?

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

4. Why are the men instructed to write letters? Why do the men refuse these instructions?

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

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

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

8. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

9. What takes place in January and February of 1965?

10. What happened to Ben?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The men are requested to admit to their "crimes."

Part 1) What specifically are the men supposed to write about? Why is this demanded of the men? How do the Vietcong encourage them to write?

Part 2) How does the psychological warfare play into these demands? Are the Vietcong successful? Explain.

Part 3) How does this plague Rowe, even after he returns home? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Several escape attempts are made by the men.

Part 1) Describe these attempts. Are they successful? Why or why not? What do these attempts say about the POWs?

Part 2) How are they treated in these ways? Are you surprised by any of these consequences? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do the men use psychological warfare in some of these attempts? How do they benefit from this?

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