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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John do when he joined the other soldiers after solitary?
(a) Asked them to leave him alone.
(b) Talked non-stop.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Cried.

2. How did John feel about signing a statement of confession?
(a) He did it, and regretted the action for his whole life.
(b) He refused to sign.
(c) He said he would sign if the other prisoners did, too.
(d) He knew his signature meant nothing since it was under duress so he signed without hesitation.

3. What did the Air Force major say to John about his time in Korea?
(a) He talked about how they managed to evade the enemy.
(b) He talked about his experiences as a POW.
(c) He talked about the importance of the code talking.
(d) He talked about surviving on very little food.

4. What happened after John's actions during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?
(a) His family wrote to him.
(b) He was put into solitary confinement.
(c) A fellow soldier reminded him of how much God loved him.
(d) He was beaten.

5. Where did Jack ask to have his change of command ceremony?
(a) In Hanoi.
(b) Back in the United States.
(c) On the USS Oriskany.
(d) In a private ceremony in his living room.

6. What did the Vietnamese plan to do with John's release?
(a) Kill him right after release.
(b) Renege on their offer.
(c) Kill him right before release.
(d) Shame his father.

7. What happened to John's wife while he was in the Hilton?
(a) She ran off with another man.
(b) She became very ill.
(c) She died.
(d) She was in a car accident.

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

9. How did Jack react to wartime situations that became personal?
(a) He ignored orders if they went against his personal wishes.
(b) He didn't let his personal life interfere with the country's needs.
(c) He worked the politics to his best personal advantage.
(d) He didn't even think about his personal life.

10. How did John feel when his chance of action didn't come to fruition?
(a) He was frustrated that they settled the situation peaceably.
(b) He was relieved.
(c) It whetted his appetite for action.
(d) He was angry that they had to waste their time there.

11. What was the result of having a famous father for John?
(a) He was released.
(b) He was treated better than other prisoners.
(c) He was able to eat with the enemy.
(d) He was treated more harsly than other prisoners.

12. How did the Vietnamese want people to think they treated the prisoners?
(a) As slaves.
(b) With respect.
(c) Fairly.
(d) Harshly.

13. What happened to the packages John's wife sent?
(a) The Vietnamese took the packages so John never received them.
(b) They came to him opened with items missing.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She never sent any.

14. How did John feel about the Vietnamese' actions in the August after he was offered an early release?
(a) He thought their actions were futile.
(b) He wanted to kill himself.
(c) He sympathized with their situation.
(d) He was angry at the Vietnamese.

15. How did Jack respond to the opinions of those under his command?
(a) He was interested in hearing them and truly listened.
(b) He refused to listen to them.
(c) He only listened to the officers under his command.
(d) He thought that other ideas were ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jack's mom told John after the war that she would hear Jack doing what in his study?

2. What did John do to Bob?

3. What were the prisoners able to do by April of 1969?

4. Why were prisoners taken out of their cells?

5. What trouble did John get into in Spain?

(see the answer keys)

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