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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 does he name them?

2. Why are these people patrolling the area?

3. What has Rowe been repeatedly told regarding the National Liberation Front?

4. What will be sold by the guards?

5. Who initially sees Rowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jim?

2. What happens when Rowe is given nets and set lines for fishing and begins catching more than he can eat most days?

3. How does Rowe feel about being alone?

4. What does Rowe do for the men before they leave?

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

6. What gives Rowe the strength to resist the VC demands?

7. Why does Rowe decide to try another escape?

8. How does Rowe feel about the VC prisoners being tried in Saigon? Why does he feel this way?

9. What happens to the camp? How does Rowe feel about this? Why does he feel this way?

10. How does the book end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Rowe is debriefed.

Part 1) Describe this debriefing. Why does this take place? What purpose does it serve?

Part 2) Why is this debriefing disturbing for Rowe? How does this make a comparison between the U.S. military and the Vietcong?

Part 3) Why is this debriefing important to the U.S. military? Do they care about Rowe? Why or why not? What matters to the U.S. military, based on Rowe's debriefing? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The men suffer from bombings of the camp.

Part 1) Describe these bombings. What must the men do during the bombings? Why? How do the men suffer from these bombings?

Part 2) Are you surprised by some of the men's reactions to the bombings? Why or why not?

Part 3) What do the bombings reveal about the Vietnam War and the Vietcong?

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