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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. What was the purpose of Kerry's unauthorized trips to Saigon?
(a) Entertainment and amusement.
(b) To look for enemy partiers.
(c) Education.
(d) To observe culture.

2. What is the second sub-section of Part 1 of the book titled?
(a) The Purple Heart Hunter.
(b) The Purple Heart Thief.
(c) The Purple Heart Braggart.
(d) The Purple Heart Exaggerator.

3. How did the audience appear when Kerry first appeared on camera during the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) They booed loudly.
(b) They were silent.
(c) They didn't know who he was.
(d) They were on his side.

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

5. What did the author of Kerry's Boston Globe biography write about Kerry's reason for joining the Swift Boats?
(a) He thought it would be a great experience.
(b) He thought it would keep him away from conflict.
(c) He had no idea what he was getting into.
(d) He really liked boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary role of skimmers?

2. What did Kerry fail to do during his debate with O'Neill on the Dick Cavett Show?

3. How did Kerry shoot the wounded teenage Vietcong during the 1969 incident that he dubiously received a silver star for?

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

5. For how long were both O'Neill and Kerry both relatively quiet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Kerry awarded the third Purple Heart, and why was it significant?

2. Why is it important to understand when the problems between O'Neill and Kerry began?

3. What was the conversation between Kerry and the Captain of an LST en route to An Thoi, and why do the authors dispute it?

4. What question did Lt. Ted Peck ask of Kerry shortly after he returned home, and why is Kerry's response revealing?

5. What does Captain Plumly report about Kerry's service, and how does that correspond to the reports of his trips to Saigon?

6. What was the length of a normal tour of duty, how did Kerry's time in the war compare to it, and how did the other officers regard his actions?

7. How was Kerry awarded the Silver Star?

8. How did O'Neill finally have the chance to debate Kerry in 1971?

9. How did the debate between O'Neill and Kerry begin, and what was the outcome?

10. What did O'Neill first do to challenge Kerry on his testimony, and how did Kerry respond?

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