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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What information did John give his interrogators?
(a) He confessed everything.
(b) No important information.
(c) He pretended to speak another language.
(d) He didn't tell them anything.

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

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

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

6. How were the prisoners treated up to the end of 1969?
(a) With caution.
(b) With anger.
(c) Abominably.
(d) With respect.

7. What did Jake and Slew find difficult when they talked about war experiences to elementary students?
(a) They had to mentally sort out the confidential information.
(b) They had a hard time keeping their language clean.
(c) They had too many traumatic memories.
(d) It was difficult remembering all that happened.

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

9. How many planes on the USS Forrestal were destroyed?
(a) Over 50.
(b) Over 20.
(c) 0.
(d) 5.

10. What did the prisoners call the mayor of Hanoi's official residence?
(a) The Jail.
(b) The Pit.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Plantation.

11. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?
(a) They stopped feeding him.
(b) They beat him brutally.
(c) They made him write a letter to his father.
(d) They offered him a release again.

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

13. What trouble did John get into in Spain?
(a) He was arrested for public drunkeness.
(b) He separated from his unit and got lost.
(c) He flew too low and knocked over some power lines.
(d) He inadvertently insulted a chief commander in Spain.

14. What happened when the enemy came near John?
(a) He evaded them and flew away.
(b) He continued forward to release his bombs.
(c) He shot them down.
(d) He panicked and froze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What protocol did the American Prisoners of War follow?

2. Why were prisoners taken out of their cells?

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

4. How did Jack respond to the opinions of those under his command?

5. What did John think as he ejected from the plane over Hanoi?

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