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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. What request do the guards ignore?

2. They face attacks of varying levels from their arrival but focus on providing what?

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

4. What do the guards do?

5. Dan eventually finds himself alone in another camp, for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Dan deal with this isolation?

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

9. What operation is to take place?

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

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 tours the region.

Part 1) Why does he tour the region? Prior to this tour, what is he told to expect? Why is he told this?

Part 2) How does this tour compare to his expectations? Are you surprised? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this tour affect Rowe? What does this tour reveal about the Vietcong and the Vietnamese people?

Essay Topic 3

Rowe returns home to his parents.

Part 1) Describe this return. How are Rowe's parents' personalities revealed through this homecoming?

Part 2) How might Rowe's life have changed because of his POW experience? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How does reading the accounts of the POW experience affect your own life? How might you be forever changed from reading this story?

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