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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 happened to the USS Gunnel as it headed toward Scotland?

2. What did John and his friends do to the bully in retaliation?

3. What was John Sidney McCain Sr. supposed to avoid doing with his grandson?

4. What signal did the USS Gunnel send out?

5. John Sidney McCain Sr. was the first McCain to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John Sidney McCain Sr like as a commander? What relationship did he have with the men serving under him?

2. Why was "Faith of My Fathers" written?

3. How did Captain Hart try to earn respect from others? Did it work?

4. How did John Sidney McCain Junior feel about the Naval Academy? What was his performance like there?

5. Why did John decide to become more responsible, what changed him back to his old ways?

6. Why was Jack awarded the Legion of Merit?

7. What was Roberta Wright McCain's background? How did your parents feel about McCain?

8. What was the Academy like in the summer before classes began?

9. What were some of Jack's inventions and innovations?

10. What was Slew's military career like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Roberta McCain's talents helped Jack in his rise to success. What talents did he bring to the table? What made him so great?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what happened with the peace talks and the bombing raids. What did this mean to the prisoners? What did their captors try to tell them it meant? What was their reaction to their captors?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the soldiers celebrated the Christmas season when John was in charge of the entertainment. How is this different from past Christmases?

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