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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. Jack's mom told John after the war that she would hear Jack doing what in his study?
(a) Praying.
(b) Throwing things.
(c) Crying.
(d) Typing madly.

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

3. How many planes on the USS Forrestal were destroyed?
(a) 0.
(b) 5.
(c) Over 20.
(d) Over 50.

4. What did the Air Force major say to John about his time in Korea?
(a) He talked about his experiences as a POW.
(b) He talked about surviving on very little food.
(c) He talked about how they managed to evade the enemy.
(d) He talked about the importance of the code talking.

5. What did John and his friends start up in Meridian, Mississippi?
(a) A band.
(b) The Meridian Gospel Church.
(c) An acting troupe.
(d) The Key Fess Yacht Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position was John's father assuming when John was offered freedom?

2. What did John do to Bob?

3. What protocol did the American Prisoners of War follow?

4. How did John feel about the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in North Vietnam?

5. What health issue did John first struggle with when he roomed with Bud?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Air Force major talk to the trainees about, and how did John feel about him?

2. What happened on Christmas Eve in 1968?

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

4. How did John feel after the wash rag incident, and what did he do about it?

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

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

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

8. What was John's punishment in Calcutta?

9. What were communications like between John and his family?

10. How did Jack show what he felt for his son while his son was a prisoner of war?

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