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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. When Rowe is asked by a news reporter if he'd been beaten, he says that he wasn't "mistreated severely" and then says that he can't go into it further. Why?

2. What punishment does Rowe receive when he continues to refuse the Vietcong's request?

3. What happens when Rowe is moved to another base?

4. Where is Rowe's mother?

5. What lies did Rowe tell upon his capture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rowe do with the eagles? Why?

2. How does the book end?

3. How do the Vietnamese act bravely regarding Rowe?

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

5. What happens when Rowe arrives at the hospital?

6. What is revealed about the Vietnamese people with whom Rowe comes in contact?

7. What does Rowe learn about the rest of his stay at the camp?

8. How is Rowe rescued?

9. What does Rowe do on September 14? What does he expect from this?

10. Who spots Rowe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rowe is rescued.

Part 1) Describe this rescue. How important were his actions during his rescue? Explain.

Part 2) How often do you believe these types of situations turned out successfully? Why? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) Do you believe the Vietcong would ever have let Rowe go free? If so, why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

The POW's meals consist of rice and fish or eel.

Part 1) How does this affect the men? Why do the Vietcong continue to feed them this same diet?

Part 2) How different might the men's experience have been in the camps if they had a diet with more variety? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How is food a theme in this story? How important does this basic need become to these men?

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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