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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Operation did John participate in?
(a) Operation Jack Crack.
(b) Operation Coburg.
(c) Operation Coronado II.
(d) Operation Rolling Thunder.

2. What did John get more serious about during his second cruise on the USS Intrepid?
(a) His grades.
(b) Getting married.
(c) His friendships.
(d) His career.

3. What did the soldiers do their first night in Camp Unity?
(a) They planned an escape.
(b) They slept in peace.
(c) They sang songs and put on a play.
(d) They stayed awake all night.

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

5. Where was the ship taken for repairs?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Back to Meridian.
(c) Nowhere -- it was underwater.
(d) Back to Pittsburgh.

6. How long did John have to stay in a small room as punishment?
(a) 3 days.
(b) An entire day.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

7. What did John send to Bob the first Christmas they were free?
(a) 500 wash rags.
(b) A photograph of his family..
(c) A map of Hanoi.
(d) A huge food basket.

8. What did the Americans who were released in August tell the world?
(a) The Vietnamese actually favored the American prisoners.
(b) John had life easy thanks to his father.
(c) The Vietnamese propaganda was accurate.
(d) The Vietnamese did not treat prisoners well.

9. How did John feel about the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in North Vietnam?
(a) He didn't understand what they were about.
(b) He felt indebted to the group.
(c) He deeply resented the group.
(d) He thought they should look at their mission more carefully.

10. Who helped the family when John's wife was struggling?
(a) John's parents.
(b) Navy families around her.
(c) John.
(d) A neighbor who was in love with her.

11. What were John's parents informed regarding his situation?
(a) They were told that he was gravely injured and would probably die.
(b) They were told he was dead.
(c) They were told that he was gravely injured, yet would survive.
(d) They were told he was completely fine.

12. 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 sympathized with their situation.
(c) He wanted to kill himself.
(d) He was angry at the Vietnamese.

13. After John ejected from his plane, what we he even more determined to do?
(a) Quit the military.
(b) Get to Vietnam.
(c) Become an aircraft mechanic.
(d) Take more flying lessons.

14. Jack's mom told John after the war that she would hear Jack doing what in his study?
(a) Praying.
(b) Crying.
(c) Throwing things.
(d) Typing madly.

15. Where did the prisoners leave messages for each other?
(a) Washroom drains.
(b) In clothing.
(c) They didn't.
(d) In food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jack react to wartime situations that became personal?

2. What did Jake and Slew find difficult when they talked about war experiences to elementary students?

3. What trouble did John get into in Spain?

4. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?

5. What did John and his friends start up in Meridian, Mississippi?

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