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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first sub-section of Part 1 of the book titled?
(a) The Ridiculous Warrior.
(b) The Repulsive Warrior.
(c) The Reluctant Warrior.
(d) The Righteous Warrior.

2. Why was Kerry eventually given offshore assignments by commanders at Cat Lo?
(a) He whined so much about the dangers of potential combat.
(b) He whined so much about the weather onshore.
(c) He whined so much about every order he was given onshore.
(d) He whined so much about the other officers' dislike for him.

3. What was Kerry referencing during his tour of duty in Vietnam, with regards to Purple Hearts?
(a) An obscure book detailing the benefits of Purple Hearts in political careers.
(b) A well known book detailing the benefits of Purple Hearts in political careers.
(c) An obscure regulation that released soldiers with 3 Purple Hearts.
(d) A well known regulation that released soldiers with 3 Purple Hearts.

4. How was Kerry perceived among the other Swiftees during his time in Vietnam?
(a) A willing soldier.
(b) A perpetual loser.
(c) A greedy politician.
(d) A perpetual whiner.

5. Why does O'Neill think that Americans are uninformed?
(a) The media is not aware of Kerry's deceptive practices.
(b) The media is biased and sympathetic to Kerry's liberal agenda.
(c) They are incapable of understanding the news.
(d) They don't watch the news very much.

6. How did Kerry distort shooting himself in the buttocks in order to receive his third purple heart?
(a) He claimed he was shot by the enemy.
(b) He claimed it was friendly fire.
(c) He claimed he was captured by the enemy and forced to sit on a mine.
(d) He claimed it was an accident caused by the intense pressures of an enemy battle.

7. Who was in a sampan that Kerry ordered to be fired upon, according to his biography in the Boston Globe?
(a) A mother and small child.
(b) Three women and no men.
(c) Two women and two men.
(d) A mother and her grown child.

8. What kept Kerry's unacceptable behavior from his superiors?
(a) His own fraudulent reports.
(b) His refusal to file reports.
(c) His bribery of fellow officers.
(d) His fellow officers.

9. As a result of his poor performance, how did the audience react to Kerry at the end of the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) They still cheered him.
(b) They became silent.
(c) They threw things at him.
(d) They booed him.

10. In his first tour of duty, how did Kerry spend most of his time, according to the authors?
(a) Right on the coast of Vietnam.
(b) Close to the coast of Vietnam.
(c) Far off the coast of Vietnam.
(d) In an office back at the military station.

11. What were Kerry's goals back in Vietnam, according to Commander Grant Hibbard?
(a) To be a governor.
(b) To be a senator.
(c) To be President.
(d) To be Vice President.

12. Why did Kerry's commanders pass him from one boat to another during his tour in Vietnam?
(a) He was in high demand.
(b) He kept reporting to the wrong boats.
(c) He seemed to like being reassigned a lot.
(d) His peers requested not to work with him.

13. How did Kerry shoot the wounded teenage Vietcong during the 1969 incident that he dubiously received a silver star for?
(a) In the back while he was on the ground.
(b) In the other leg.
(c) In the arm.
(d) In the back as he was running away.

14. How much action did Kerry see during his first tour of duty?
(a) A little.
(b) A lot.
(c) None.
(d) An average amount.

15. How was Kerry's first wound treated?
(a) With a band-aid.
(b) It did not need to be treated.
(c) With stitches.
(d) With a bandage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Swiftees say that Kerry's actual nickname was in Vietnam?

2. Which of the following words are not used to describe Kerry by the authors during his time in Vietnam?

3. What did the author of Kerry's Boston Globe biography write about Kerry's reason for joining the Swift Boats?

4. After his deferment request was denied, how did Kerry enlist in the Navy Reserve?

5. What does O'Neill encourage the readers to do in order to substantiate his account of the Dick Cavett Show?

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