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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did John do during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?
(a) He prayed for his family.
(b) He decided that trusting God was useless.
(c) He started an uprising.
(d) He finally broke down and cried.

3. What was John supposed to do in Hanoi on his mission?
(a) Scan the area for map-making.
(b) Bomb the harbor.
(c) Bomb the thermal power plant.
(d) Fly over the area sniping people.

4. What did the Vietnamese do when he landed?
(a) They ran away from him.
(b) They attacked him.
(c) They helped him get up.
(d) They questioned him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What happened if they were caught communicating?
(a) Thy received harsh punishment.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were ridiculed.

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

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

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

15. How did many of the prisoners communicate with their families?
(a) They wrote letters no-one else would read.
(b) Using codes.
(c) By telegraph.
(d) On the telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the pilots feel about the orders they were given?

2. What were John's parents informed regarding his situation?

3. What trouble did John get into in Spain?

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

5. What did Jack do to ensure his son's release?

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