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

2. Rowe finds the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Rusty Riggs, is not expecting whom to fill vacancies on the base?

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

4. The prisoners, including Rowe, are instructed to do what?

5. Why was the barracks hit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Rowe, physically?

3. How does Dan deal with this isolation?

4. Why is Rocky taken away from the others?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the squad's deployment to Vietnam.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The men find humor whenever they can.

Part 1) Describe when they find humor. How does this benefit them?

Part 2) What else do the men do to keep their spirits up? How important is having hope in this story?

Part 3) What does this say about the necessities of humor and hope in life, in general?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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