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

2. 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) John had life easy thanks to his father.
(d) The Vietnamese actually favored the American prisoners.

3. 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 frustrated that they settled the situation peaceably.
(d) He was relieved.

4. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?
(a) They beat him brutally.
(b) They offered him a release again.
(c) They stopped feeding him.
(d) They made him write a letter to his father.

5. Why were prisoners taken out of their cells?
(a) For exercise.
(b) For interrogation.
(c) They were never allowed out of the cells.
(d) For meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Vietnamese do when he landed?

2. What happened when the enemy came near John?

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

4. What did John do when he joined the other soldiers after solitary?

5. Where did Jack ask to have his change of command ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the Vietnamese asked John if he wanted to go home early?

2. In October of 1962, John's squadron was ordered to fly their planes back to the carrier earlier than they had expected. They discovered that they might see some action. What happened with this, and how did John feel about it?

3. How was John's wife in danger back in the United States, and how did she take care of herself?

4. What was John' s behavior like when he was a naval officer at the Academy? How did he act in relation to his work?

5. What were the fighters on the USS Oriskany known for? Why was John on the ship?

6. What was life in his imprisonment like after John refused to go home early?

7. What happened when the three men were released in August of 1969?

8. What was John's punishment in Calcutta?

9. What did John and his friends do for entertainment in Meridian, Mississippi? How did people react to what they had done?

10. Why didn't John turn around when he was warned that the enemy was flying toward him?

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