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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the USS Forrestal?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It became surrounded by enemy ships.
(c) It was hit by a Sunni missile.
(d) It sank.

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

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

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

6. What was the summer of 1969 like for John and the other prisoners?
(a) Things were looking better.
(b) Unbearable.
(c) They were getting more privileges.
(d) They were interrogated more frequently.

7. What caused John the most dismay?
(a) He was upset at how his family suffered.
(b) He wished he could show the Vietnamese that he was really a fine man.
(c) He didn't want to disappoint his father.
(d) He didn't like seeing his fellow soldiers ill.

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

9. What did Jack keep on file that only those closest to him knew about?
(a) Vietnamese maneuvers.
(b) Anti-American propaganda.
(c) Anything relating to his son and the other war prisoners.
(d) Battle strategies.

10. What were the prisoners able to do by April of 1969?
(a) Walk outside the gates.
(b) Play ping-pong and pool.
(c) Call home.
(d) Eat all they wanted.

11. What did the guard draw in the dirt at Christmas?
(a) His name.
(b) A manger.
(c) A cross.
(d) A swastika.

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

13. How did John feel during the months after the Vietnamese offered his release?
(a) He lived in trepidation.
(b) He felt at peace.
(c) He regretted his choice.
(d) He was happy with his choice.

14. 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.

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 thought that other ideas were ridiculous.
(c) He refused to listen to them.
(d) He only listened to the officers under his command.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened if they were caught communicating?

2. After John ejected from his plane, what we he even more determined to do?

3. What health issue did John first struggle with when he roomed with Bud?

4. How long did John have to stay in a small room as punishment?

5. What was the result of having a famous father for John?

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