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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 respond when he was offered a chance to go home early?
(a) He said he'd never go home.
(b) He said he wouldn't go out of turn.
(c) He taunted the other prisoners with his good fortune.
(d) He cheered.

2. How did the Vietnamese want people to think they treated the prisoners?
(a) As slaves.
(b) Harshly.
(c) With respect.
(d) Fairly.

3. 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 made him write a letter to his father.
(d) They stopped feeding him.

4. What was John supposed to do in Hanoi on his mission?
(a) Bomb the harbor.
(b) Scan the area for map-making.
(c) Bomb the thermal power plant.
(d) Fly over the area sniping people.

5. What did Jack do to ensure his son's release?
(a) He sent soldiers to free his son.
(b) He gave money to the Vietnamese.
(c) He wrote letters to the Vietnamese government.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John do to Bob?

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

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

4. How did Jack react to wartime situations that became personal?

5. Why were prisoners taken out of their cells?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were some of the difficulties John had to face as a prisoner of war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did early releases tells Jack about his son, John?

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

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