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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do his crew and witnesses of a refueling event on the way to An Thoi say Kerry lied about?
(a) A conversation with a commander.
(b) A conversation with an enemy combatant.
(c) A conversation with another officer.
(d) A conversation with O'Neill.

2. What did Kerry fail to do during his debate with O'Neill on the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) Speak clearly.
(b) Mention his Vietnam experience.
(c) Compliment Cavett on his suit.
(d) Support his claims of atrocities.

3. How did Kerry use his Vietnam experience in his political campaigns?
(a) To demean and embarrass opponents from both political parties.
(b) He refused to talk about his service during his campaigns.
(c) To support his claim for a larger military.
(d) He used it to deal with several losses.

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

5. Which of the following words are not used to describe Kerry by the authors during his time in Vietnam?
(a) Dishonest.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Reliable.
(d) Cowardly.

6. What were Cavett's public views on the war at that time?
(a) He was for it, unlike Kerry.
(b) He was against it, just like Kerry.
(c) He did not make any public stance on the war.
(d) He didn't like it, but he understood the need for it.

7. 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.

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

9. Why did Kerry most likely agree to debate O'Neill on the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) Cavett was willing to ask him easy questions.
(b) Cavett was a friend of Kerry's.
(c) Cavett agreed to limit O'Neill's talk time.
(d) Cavett had never met Kerry or O'Neill.

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

11. What does Kerry claim his nickname was in Vietnam?
(a) Square Jaw.
(b) Lock Jaw.
(c) Glass Jaw.
(d) Flat Jaw.

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

13. What was the normal length of one tour of duty in Vietnam?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two and a half years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

14. Why does O'Neill think Kerry agreed to serve in Vietnam?
(a) Because he was forced to.
(b) Because he supported the war effort there.
(c) To build his military credentials for personal reasons.
(d) To build his military credentials for political reasons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What television show did Kerry refuse to debate O'Neill on?

2. Why was Kerry eventually given offshore assignments by commanders at Cat Lo?

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

4. How did the Committee reply to O'Neill's request?

5. Based on Kerry's report, what kind of knowledge did the U.S. Army have of these "atrocities"?

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