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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 did the Frenchman who interviewed John want him to do?
(a) Tell the truth about being a prisoner.
(b) Escape.
(c) Speak against the United States.
(d) Offer classified information.

2. What was the result of having a famous father for John?
(a) He was treated better than other prisoners.
(b) He was able to eat with the enemy.
(c) He was treated more harsly than other prisoners.
(d) He was released.

3. After John ejected from his plane, what we he even more determined to do?
(a) Take more flying lessons.
(b) Get to Vietnam.
(c) Quit the military.
(d) Become an aircraft mechanic.

4. What did John do during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?
(a) He started an uprising.
(b) He decided that trusting God was useless.
(c) He finally broke down and cried.
(d) He prayed for his family.

5. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?
(a) They stopped feeding him.
(b) They offered him a release again.
(c) They made him write a letter to his father.
(d) They beat him brutally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Air Force major say to John about his time in Korea?

2. How did the pilots feel about the orders they were given?

3. Where did Jack ask to have his change of command ceremony?

4. Why were prisoners taken out of their cells?

5. What did Jack do to ensure his son's release?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when John realized he didn't have a wash rag after his punishment?

2. What did early releases tells Jack about his son, John?

3. How was John's wife in danger back in the United States, and how did she take care of herself?

4. How did John feel after the wash rag incident, and what did he do about it?

5. What was life in his imprisonment like after John refused to go home early?

6. What injuries did John receive from the inferno on the USS Forestall? How were his injuries compared to the others?

7. What was John' s behavior like when he was a naval officer at the Academy? How did he act in relation to his work?

8. What happened when the three men were released in August of 1969?

9. What did John do while he was in Army training?

10. What was John's punishment in Calcutta?

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