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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. How did the pilots feel about the orders they were given?

2. How many planes on the USS Forrestal were destroyed?

3. What happened if they were caught communicating?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did John and his friends do for entertainment in Meridian, Mississippi? How did people react to what they had done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was Roberta McCain and Jack McCain's relationship like? How did they meet, and how did her family feel about him?

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