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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. How did John McCain remember his grandfather?
(a) As a remote stranger.
(b) As a small man that lived large.
(c) As an autocratic presence.
(d) As a hero.

2. How deep did the USS Gunnel submerge when surrounded by the seven Japanese freighters?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) It didn't submerge.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 3,000 feet.

3. What did John and his friends do to the bully in retaliation?
(a) They reported him to the principal.
(b) They beat him up.
(c) They ran his underwear up a flagpole.
(d) Had his trunk sent to an Ivy League school instead of his ship.

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

5. What job did John McCain's father have?
(a) Submariner.
(b) Naval Aviator.
(c) Naval cartographer.
(d) Aircraft carrier designer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Captain Ben Hart known for?

2. What was one of John's favorite subjects in school?

3. What did John Sidney McCain Sr do in the Second World War?

4. What was John Sidney McCain Jr.'s physique like when he left the Academy?

5. Who almost blasted the USS Gunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Slew take care of his grandson?

2. How had Slew changed professionally by World War II?

3. What happened to the USS Gunnel?

4. Describe what Jack was like as a commander.

5. How did John end out getting a decent grade in history?

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

7. Describe John's education before he went to the Academy.

8. What happened when John Sidney McCain Sr was 61 years old?

9. How did the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor affect John McCain?

10. What was Slew's military career like?

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