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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Roberta McCain's parents feel about John Sidney McCain Jr.?
(a) They adored him.
(b) They didn't appreciate him.
(c) They felt he would be a great leader one day.
(d) They tolerated him.

2. What did John Sidney McCain Sr do in the Second World War?
(a) He finished school and joined the Navy.
(b) He commanded all the land-based aircraft operations in the South Pacific for five months
(c) He became a pilot.
(d) He commanded a submarine.

3. What was a problem when John entered high school?
(a) Making friends.
(b) His hearing.
(c) His propensity for getting in trouble.
(d) His grades.

4. How was John different from his father and grandfather scholastically?
(a) He kept skipping grades.
(b) He was a model student.
(c) He enjoyed some subjects.
(d) He failed everything.

5. How did John McCain remember his grandfather?
(a) As a remote stranger.
(b) As a small man that lived large.
(c) As an autocratic presence.
(d) As a hero.

6. What two factors contribute to a student's class standing?
(a) Academic performance and lineage.
(b) Grease grade and neatness.
(c) Neatness and academic performance.
(d) Academic performance and grease grade.

7. What was education for Navy families like?
(a) Strict.
(b) Focused on global history.
(c) Focused on American history.
(d) Eclectic.

8. What was John Sidney McCain Sr.'s appearance like?
(a) He was immaculate.
(b) He always wore the most current styles when he was out of uniform.
(c) He never stepped out of uniform.
(d) He was notoriously disheveled.

9. Where did Jack go before he went to the Academy?
(a) He spent two weeks touring Europe.
(b) He went to a specialized tutoring school.
(c) He spent two weeks aboard ship.
(d) He went to a pre-training camp.

10. Who was John's main teacher?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A priest.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

11. What did John Sidney McCain Jr. and his wife find when they came home from their dinner date?
(a) John Sidney McCain Sr was missing, and the baby was alone.
(b) John Sidney McCain Sr was sleeping with his tiny grandson.
(c) The house was a disaster.
(d) John Sidney McCain Sr was drunk.

12. How did John feel about the Academy when he first arrived there?
(a) He thought it was easy.
(b) He thought it was challenging.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He hated it.

13. What physical handicap almost kept John Sidney McCain Sr. from serving?
(a) Defective hearing.
(b) A weak arm.
(c) Poor eyesight.
(d) A limp.

14. How did John relate to the bully later in life?
(a) He apologized to the bully and they became tentative friends.
(b) He felt a connection since they both tried to please their fathers.
(c) He realized he, too, had been a bully.
(d) They became close friends.

15. How did John McCain view his father?
(a) A man with varied interests.
(b) A small man with a big heart.
(c) As a hero.
(d) As a man who took life way too seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were John McCain's heroes?

2. What medal did John Sidney McCain Sr. get for his courage and leadership in the Guadalcanal campaign?

3. Who helped prepare John for the Academy?

4. What job did John McCain's father have?

5. According to John McCain III, how do children of sailors feel?

(see the answer keys)

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