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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. Then Ben becomes listless and Rowe sees the signs of what?

2. One day, Dan and Rowe are bathing in a canal when they hear whose voice?

3. Rowe notes that on nights they show a movie in camp there is almost no what?

4. Rowe tells the guards this news when?

5. Mr. Ba, is nicknamed what by Rowe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Dan deal with this isolation?

4. How does showing a movie affect the men?

5. What takes place immediately following Rowe's capture?

6. What happened to Dave at this point?

7. What problems surround this plan?

8. What operation is to take place?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Positive and negative reinforcement is used on the men.

Part 1) What is positive reinforcement? What is negative reinforcement? Give an example of each from the story and why the Vietcong use these types of reinforcements.

Part 2) Can this reinforcement be considered psychological warfare? Why or why not? How does this reinforcement affect the men?

Part 3) How does this reinforcement of the POWs affect some of the Vietcong and local Vietnamese? What does this say about the people of this area and regime?

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 is given baby eagles.

Part 1) Why is he given baby eagles? What does he do with these animals? How does he benefit from having these birds?

Part 2) Why does he kill them? How might this affect him?

Part 3) How is the giving of these eagles and the treatment of them by the Vietcong a form of psychological warfare?

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