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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. Does Rowe receive serious punishment?

3. How quickly is Rowe recognized?

4. Rowe hastily comes up with a cover story, saying that he'd been trying to find better fishing grounds and that he'd set lines along the way. What is enough to plant doubt that Rowe is trying to escape?

5. Before landing, someone notes what about Rowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jim?

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

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

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

5. Who spots Rowe?

6. Why does Rowe decide to try another escape?

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

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

9. How do the men benefit from fishing?

10. Describe Rowe's escape attempt.

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Rowe returns home to his parents.

Part 1) Describe this return. How are Rowe's parents' personalities revealed through this homecoming?

Part 2) How might Rowe's life have changed because of his POW experience? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How does reading the accounts of the POW experience affect your own life? How might you be forever changed from reading this story?

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