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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did John relate to the bully later in life?
(a) They became close friends.
(b) He apologized to the bully and they became tentative friends.
(c) He felt a connection since they both tried to please their fathers.
(d) He realized he, too, had been a bully.

2. How did the men serving under Jack feel about him?
(a) They were afraid of him.
(b) They thought he was a foolish leader.
(c) They thought he was wise, but too distant.
(d) They greatly respected him.

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

4. What was John's term paper for history class about?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) Submarines.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Civil War.

5. What amphibious assault did Jack command?
(a) Operation Camargue.
(b) Operation Steel Pike 1.
(c) Operation Balavegaya.
(d) Operation Chromite.

6. Jack was knowledgable and resourceful about what?
(a) Hydroponics.
(b) Underwater communications.
(c) War strategies.
(d) Submarines and how they worked.

7. What was John Sidney McCain Sr. supposed to avoid doing with his grandson?
(a) He wasn't supposed to coddle his grandson.
(b) He was supposed to avoid all talk of war around his grandson.
(c) He wasn't supposed to talk with his grandson.
(d) He wasn't supposed to watch his grandson alone.

8. How did John Sidney McCain Sr feel about the men who served under him?
(a) He was very close to them.
(b) He felt as if he didn't know them enough.
(c) He deliberately kept himself distant from them since he was a commander not a friend.
(d) He thought they were very inept.

9. What was one of John's favorite subjects in school?
(a) He hated all the subjects.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) English.

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

11. What did John and his friends do to the bully in retaliation?
(a) They ran his underwear up a flagpole.
(b) Had his trunk sent to an Ivy League school instead of his ship.
(c) They reported him to the principal.
(d) They beat him up.

12. What award did Jack receive after his work on the amphibious assault?
(a) Meritorious Service Medal.
(b) The Legion of Merit.
(c) National Defense Service Medal.
(d) Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

13. Strategies from which wars are included in this book?
(a) The Civil War through World War II.
(b) The Revolution through World War I.
(c) World War I through World War II.
(d) World War I through the Vietnam War.

14. What happened when John McCain was five?
(a) His brother went off to war.
(b) The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
(c) His grandfather died.
(d) His father died.

15. What happened to the USS Gunnel as it headed toward Scotland?
(a) It was torpedoed.
(b) It sprung a leak.
(c) The engines malfunctioned while enemies chased them.
(d) It had an incredibly smooth trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John feel about his actions regarding the bully?

2. How long did people mourn for John Sidney McCain Sr .after his death?

3. What happened after John Sidney McCain Sr. made a decision during a typhoon?

4. Who helped prepare John for the Academy?

5. What job did John McCain's grandfather have?

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