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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area did John's interests lie?
(a) Naval Aviation.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Submarines.
(d) The Surface Navy.

2. How did the officers feel about Captain Ben Hart?
(a) They ridiculed him.
(b) They did not respect him.
(c) They admired him.
(d) They were jealous of his relationship with the students.

3. What strength did McCain's mother have that helped the family?
(a) She was brilliant.
(b) She had natural charm, beauty, and social graces.
(c) She was impeccably neat.
(d) She knew the inner-workings of the Navy.

4. What signal did the USS Gunnel send out?
(a) An illuminated country flag.
(b) A red smoke signal rocket.
(c) A white flag.
(d) A Morse Code message with light beams.

5. How did John Sidney McCain Sr feel about the men who served under him?
(a) He was very close to them.
(b) He deliberately kept himself distant from them since he was a commander not a friend.
(c) He felt as if he didn't know them enough.
(d) He thought they were very inept.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John relate to the bully later in life?

2. What two factors contribute to a student's class standing?

3. "Faith of My Fathers" is about all the following men except for which one?

4. How did John feel about the Academy after the school year really began?

5. Who stood by John Sidney McCain Jr.'s side at the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John Sidney McCain Junior feel about the Naval Academy? What was his performance like there?

2. Why was Jack awarded the Legion of Merit?

3. What was the Academy like in the summer before classes began?

4. What were some of Jack's inventions and innovations?

5. How did Captain Hart try to earn respect from others? Did it work?

6. What was John Sidney McCain Sr like as a commander? What relationship did he have with the men serving under him?

7. What was John McCain's relationship like with his grandfather?

8. How did the student who bullied John die later in their lives? How did John relate to him at his death?

9. How did John Sidney McCain Junior and John Sidney McCain Senior change history in the Navy?

10. What happened to the USS Gunnel?

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