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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 information did John give his interrogators?
(a) He didn't tell them anything.
(b) He pretended to speak another language.
(c) No important information.
(d) He confessed everything.

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

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

4. How did Jack respond to the opinions of those under his command?
(a) He refused to listen to them.
(b) He was interested in hearing them and truly listened.
(c) He thought that other ideas were ridiculous.
(d) He only listened to the officers under his command.

5. What did John think as he ejected from the plane over Hanoi?
(a) That he should followed his training.
(b) He couldn't think because he was unconscious.
(c) He thought about his family.
(d) He thought the war was a nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John feel during the months after the Vietnamese offered his release?

2. What did the Vietnamese plan to do with John's release?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John's father and grandfather talk about their war experiences after they were home?

2. Why was John's transfer to Camp Unity such a great experience?

3. 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?

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

5. What injuries did John receive from the inferno on the USS Forestall? How were his injuries compared to the others?

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

7. What happened when John realized he didn't have a wash rag after his punishment?

8. What happened when John was flying in Corpus Christi Bay? How was he feeling after the event?

9. What did John do while he was in Army training?

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

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