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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reputation did John Sidney McCain Sr. have while serving on the USS Ohio and the USS Baltimore?

2. What did the signal from the USS Gunnel do?

3. How did those under John Sidney McCain Sr. view him?

4. What did John and his friends do to the bully in retaliation?

5. What job did John McCain's grandfather have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Slew take care of his grandson?

2. How were the men in McCain's family history connected to warfare?

3. What was the Academy like in the summer before classes began?

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

5. What kind of fighter was Slew?

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

7. What happened to the USS Gunnel?

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

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

10. How did the student who bullied John die later in their lives? How did John relate to him at his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did John's temper and anger issues continue to get him in trouble even after the Church Riot? How did his fellow prisoners try to help him? How did he feel about the trouble he caused them?

Essay Topic 2

Describe some of the experiences Jack had aboard the USS Gunnel. What danger did he and his men face? How did they overcome it? How close were they to death? What saved them?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Jack's career. What awards and medals did he get? What kind of leader was he?

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