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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. There is a new American prisoner, a man named Dave Davila who has what?

2. Lowe loses sight of whom?

3. They are told they are to listen to a radio broadcast. What are the first words they hear?

4. The prisoners are promised what celebration?

5. Dave and John are moved out of the camp in _________ of 1965.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are some of the men captured or killed at this point?

4. Who is Tim Barker? What happened to him?

5. What happens at around six o'clock?

6. What happened to Dave at this point?

7. What does Rowe think about his job as a member of the Special Forces?

8. What problems surround this plan?

9. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

10. How does Dan deal with this isolation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is an operation planned between Tan Phu and Le Coeur.

Part 1) Describe this operation. What is foreshadowed at the beginning of this story regarding the success of this operation?

Part 2) Why might the steps leading up to this operation and the operation itself turn out the way they do?

Part 3) What might this say about the Vietnam War as a whole? What does this say about the U.S. military mindset at this time?

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

Rowe is interviewed by a news reporter.

Part 1) Describe this interview. Why does Rowe respond the way he does? Do you believe many POWs responded the same way? Why or why not?

Par 2) How do the Vietcong continue to control Rowe's actions, as seen in this interview? What does this say about the power of psychological warfare?

Part 3) How did the media affect the Vietnam War? Why? How has this continued today? How has it changed the face of war? Is this good or bad? Why?

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