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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the pilots feel about the orders they were given?
(a) They were frustrated.
(b) They thought the decisions were wise.
(c) They refused to follow them.
(d) They were angry.

2. What Army exercises in training did John excel in?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Evading the enemy.
(c) Communications.
(d) Surviving in a POW camp.

3. What did Johnny Apple write?
(a) That John had joined the enemy.
(b) That John never went on a mission.
(c) That John was dead.
(d) That John was missing.

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

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

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

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

8. How many years was Jack active in the Navy before he retired?
(a) 50.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 41.

9. How did John respond when he was offered a chance to go home early?
(a) He said he'd never go home.
(b) He cheered.
(c) He taunted the other prisoners with his good fortune.
(d) He said he wouldn't go out of turn.

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

11. What position was John's father assuming when John was offered freedom?
(a) Three Star General, Pacific.
(b) Three Star General, Atlantic.
(c) Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic.
(d) Commander-in-Chief, Pacific.

12. Where did John attend flight school?
(a) Miami.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Maui.

13. What did John and his friends start up in Meridian, Mississippi?
(a) The Meridian Gospel Church.
(b) The Key Fess Yacht Club.
(c) An acting troupe.
(d) A band.

14. How many Americans were prisoners with John?
(a) 20.
(b) Over 80.
(c) He was the only one.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John the most dismay?

2. What happened if they were caught communicating?

3. What did the prisoners call the mayor of Hanoi's official residence?

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

5. What happened after John's actions during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?

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