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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 was Joe Ponder wounded during the war?

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

3. During what war did the Swift Boat Veterans serve with Kerry?

4. How did Ponder's account of the injuries compare to Kerry's?

5. Who accompanied Kerry during his previous cameo appearance at the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the general purpose of an Introduction, and how do O'Neill and Corsi use it to establish their intentions in Unfit for Command?

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

4. What is significant about the location of Lupetti's observation and who was responsible for it?

5. How many signatures are on the open letter to Kerry by the Swift Boat veterans, and why is that important for the book's main point?

6. How did Kerry reportedly act during his cameo appearance before the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion, what do his actions display, and how did the Swiftees respond?

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

8. 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?

9. What inspired O'Neill and the other Swiftees to contact Kerry with regards to his actions in Vietnam and after the war was over?

10. What is the main question that O'Neill and Corsi hope to answer about John Kerry, and what does the question mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the questions the authors ask at the end of the Introduction? Why are the answers to them critical to the effectiveness of the authors' main points? What do the authors hope to accomplish with the rest of the book? How have they proven their sincerity in the Introduction, and how does that make them more credible?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Kerry's actions in the sampan incident. What was the setting for it and why is that relevant? What should Kerry have done differently? What were the results of his actions and the significance of the people in the sampan? In an attempt to explain the situation, who does Kerry blame? How did Kerry report the incident and what were his reasons for doing so? Why is the sampan incident one of the most effective examples of how the authors' opinion of Kerry is substantiated?

Essay Topic 3

Why was the FBI investigating Kerry? What was the main reason for their interest in him and his associations? How do the authors provide compelling evidence to show Kerry's ties with communism? Describe 3 examples of how the FBI supports those ties.

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