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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Joe Ponder wounded during the war?
(a) In an accident witnessed by Kerry.
(b) In a battle that Kerry recounts.
(c) In an accident caused by Kerry.
(d) In a battle Kerry was supposed to be in.

2. Which one of the following does Hoffman feel is doubtful in Kerry?
(a) His citizenship.
(b) His political ambitions.
(c) His ethics.
(d) His loyalty.

3. What does the open letter from the Swiftees label Kerry?
(a) A great exaggerator.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) A fraud.

4. When did Kerry make a cameo appearance at the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion?
(a) The week before.
(b) The day before.
(c) Earlier in the day.
(d) Two days earlier.

5. What state was the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion held in?
(a) California.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was the 2004 press conference held by Hoffman for the Swift Boat Veterans?

2. What does O'Neill call Kerry's claims of "atrocities"?

3. How many Swiftees served with Kerry during his tour?

4. Who was Bill Lupetti?

5. How does Kerry portray himself in his book's account of Ponder's injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the authors plan to answer the questions they pose at the end of the Introduction, and are their methods effective?

2. How many people did not sign the Swift Boat Veterans' open letter to Kerry, how important is it, and what are some of the possible reasons they did not participate?

3. What is the purpose of the open letter the Swift Boat Veterans issue to John Kerry?

4. Who is Bill Lupetti and what did he observe on his return trip to Vietnam?

5. What was the difference between Joe Ponder's account of his injury and Kerry's account of the same incident, and how does O'Neill refer to Ponder's part in the reunion?

6. What are Hoffman's thoughts about Kerry, and why do the authors choose to begin the book with his quote?

7. Why do the authors make it a point to mention that their purpose for writing the book is not political?

8. How is Lupetti's observation in Vietnam relevant to Kerry and the ideas about him that the book outlines?

9. Why were the Swiftees not surprised by Kerry's actions before the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion?

10. Who is Roy F. Hoffman and why is his opinion regarded so highly?

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