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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. Using their own slang, what does Rowe ask the men to do?

2. Alone, Rowe is initially ___________________.

3. What will be sold by the guards?

4. Rowe arrives at his home and greets his father where?

5. When Rowe is some distance from camp, he encounters whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when he arrives at the base?

2. How do the men benefit from fishing?

3. What happens to Jim?

4. How does the book end?

5. Why does Rowe decide to try another escape?

6. Describe the moments soon after Rowe's rescue.

7. Who spots Rowe?

8. What happens when Rowe arrives at the hospital?

9. What do the men say to each other in their own slang?

10. How does Rowe try to draw attention to himself? Why does he do it in this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rowe offers a brief look at his family.

Part 1) Describe his family. What is the purpose of this brief look?

Part 2) How does his family influence Rowe's decision to join the military? Do you think his family wanted him to join? Why or why not?

Part 3) Describe his parents when he returns. What does this reveal about them? How might these traits be seen in Rowe?

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

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?

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