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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 was John supposed to do in Hanoi on his mission?
2. How did many of the prisoners communicate with their families?
3. What happened to John's plane when he was in Corpus Christi Bay?
4. What did John send to Bob the first Christmas they were free?
5. How did Jack react to wartime situations that became personal?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jack show what he felt for his son while his son was a prisoner of war?
2. What happened when the three men were released in August of 1969?
3. What were the interrogation sessions like? How did John feel about his time in the interrogation room?
4. How did John's father and grandfather talk about their war experiences after they were home?
5. What happened when the Vietnamese asked John if he wanted to go home early?
6. What did the Air Force major talk to the trainees about, and how did John feel about him?
7. 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?
8. What happened when John realized he didn't have a wash rag after his punishment?
9. What were some of the difficulties John had to face as a prisoner of war?
10. What happened on Christmas Eve in 1968?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain what happened with the peace talks and the bombing raids. What did this mean to the prisoners? What did their captors try to tell them it meant? What was their reaction to their captors?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the conditions John lived in at The Plantation. What was his daily schedule like? What was isolation like? How did he keep sane?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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