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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the signal from the USS Gunnel do?
(a) It saved their lives.
(b) It aggravated the enemy.
(c) It showed their position.
(d) It was lost in the stormy waters.

2. What did John Sidney McCain Jr. and his wife find when they came home from their dinner date?
(a) John Sidney McCain Sr was drunk.
(b) John Sidney McCain Sr was missing, and the baby was alone.
(c) John Sidney McCain Sr was sleeping with his tiny grandson.
(d) The house was a disaster.

3. After John ejected from his plane, what we he even more determined to do?
(a) Take more flying lessons.
(b) Become an aircraft mechanic.
(c) Quit the military.
(d) Get to Vietnam.

4. What was education for Navy families like?
(a) Eclectic.
(b) Focused on American history.
(c) Focused on global history.
(d) Strict.

5. What did the soldiers do their first night in Camp Unity?
(a) They stayed awake all night.
(b) They planned an escape.
(c) They sang songs and put on a play.
(d) They slept in peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John the most dismay?

2. How did John feel about the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in North Vietnam?

3. How did John feel during the months after the Vietnamese offered his release?

4. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?

5. Who taught John how to command a ship?

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