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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much oxygen did the USS Gunnel have when it resurfaced after being deeply submerged when the Japanese were around?
(a) Half a day.
(b) They were completely out.
(c) One day.
(d) Less than an hour.

2. What physical handicap almost kept John Sidney McCain Sr. from serving?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) Defective hearing.
(c) A weak arm.
(d) A limp.

3. How was John different from his father and grandfather scholastically?
(a) He was a model student.
(b) He failed everything.
(c) He kept skipping grades.
(d) He enjoyed some subjects.

4. How did John Sidney McCain Jr. feel about the Navy?
(a) He felt is was slightly more interesting than the Army.
(b) He thought it was the best of all the poor choices.
(c) He was obsessed with it.
(d) He felt like joining it was a necessary chore.

5. Why did the Vietnamese take John to the hospital?
(a) They found out his father was an Admiral.
(b) They didn't.
(c) It was common protocol for prisoners of war.
(d) He asked them to.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Americans were prisoners with John?

2. What did the prisoners call the mayor of Hanoi's official residence?

3. What was education for Navy families like?

4. What did Jack command during World War II?

5. What happened when the enemy came near John?

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