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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. What job did John McCain's father have?

2. How did John feel about the Academy after the school year really began?

3. What was a problem when John entered high school?

4. What was one of John's favorite subjects in school?

5. What did John Sidney McCain Jr. and his wife find when they came home from their dinner date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John Sidney McCain Sr like as a commander? What relationship did he have with the men serving under him?

2. What was John McCain's relationship like with his grandfather?

3. How did John end out getting a decent grade in history?

4. What kind of personality did John have as he was attending school?

5. How did the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor affect John McCain?

6. How did Slew take care of his grandson?

7. What was the Academy like in the summer before classes began?

8. What were some of Jack's inventions and innovations?

9. What was Slew's military career like?

10. How were the men in McCain's family history connected to warfare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Operation Rolling Thunder, and how did pilots feel about the orders they were given? How did they feel about the orders to strike Hanoi?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Slew physically, mentally, and as a leader. How did he feel about war, and what did he do that made him so great in history?

Essay Topic 3

John was in three serious plane accidents. Discuss all three of them, citing what happened to the planes and to John. What was the result of each of the accidents?

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