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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 Rowe know about Jim?

2. How long is the camp moved?

3. What prompts a flood of emotion, including tears, for Rowe?

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

5. How does Rowe feel at this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the VC, what must Rowe do to be released? Does he do this?

3. How do the VC react to being attacked? How does Rowe take advantage of this?

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

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

6. How does Rowe feel about being alone?

7. What happens when he arrives at the base?

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

9. How do the Vietnamese act bravely regarding Rowe?

10. How does the book end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Rowe and others are taken as POWs.

Part 1) Describe the events leading to their capture. Describe their capture. How are they treated? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why are the men treated this way by the Vietcong? How does this affect the men?

Part 3) How might this time as a POW affect Rowe and the other men throughout the rest of their lives? Use the text to support your response.

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