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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Captain Ben Hart known for?
(a) He was a stickler for the rules.
(b) He really cared about the students.
(c) He was a comedian as well as a teacher.
(d) He was a tyrant to all students.

2. Who stood by John Sidney McCain Jr.'s side at the wedding?
(a) No one.
(b) His father-in-law.
(c) John Sidney McCain Sr.
(d) His best friend.

3. What strength did McCain's mother have that helped the family?
(a) She was brilliant.
(b) She knew the inner-workings of the Navy.
(c) She was impeccably neat.
(d) She had natural charm, beauty, and social graces.

4. What was a problem when John entered high school?
(a) His grades.
(b) His hearing.
(c) Making friends.
(d) His propensity for getting in trouble.

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

6. Why did John go back to his old ways?
(a) Captain Hart put him at the bottom of the class.
(b) He felt like a failure.
(c) He was bullied and oppressed.
(d) He wanted to prove something to his father.

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

8. How did John Sidney McCain Sr. do in school?
(a) He was suspended for his grades.
(b) He did not do well in school.
(c) He was average academically.
(d) He was valedictorian.

9. What did Jack command during World War II?
(a) Three battalions .
(b) Three cruisers.
(c) Three troops.
(d) Three submarines.

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

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

12. What was the USS Gunnel supposed to do after its mission?
(a) Open fire on Britain.
(b) Lower its flag.
(c) Head to Pearl Harbor.
(d) Head to safety.

13. Who taught John how to command a ship?
(a) Lieutenant Commander Eugene Carroll.
(b) Captain Ben Hart.
(c) Jack McCain.
(d) Admiral Nimitz.

14. What position did Jack assume in London?
(a) He was a teacher for the Academy.
(b) He became a two-star general.
(c) He assumed command of all the US naval forces in Europe.
(d) He worked for the United Nations.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did John McCain view his father?

3. What happened to the USS Gunnel as it headed toward Scotland?

4. How did John McCain remember his grandfather?

5. Who was John's main teacher?

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