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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: John Kerry in Vietnam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kerry distort shooting himself in the buttocks in order to receive his third purple heart?
(a) He claimed it was friendly fire.
(b) He claimed he was captured by the enemy and forced to sit on a mine.
(c) He claimed he was shot by the enemy.
(d) He claimed it was an accident caused by the intense pressures of an enemy battle.

2. What is a "skimmer"?
(a) A faster boat than the normal Swift Boats.
(b) A slower boat than the normal Swift Boats.
(c) A smaller boat than the normal sized Swift Boat.
(d) A larger boat than the normal sized Swift Boat.

3. What does the open letter from the Swiftees label Kerry?
(a) A fraud.
(b) A great exaggerator.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Greedy.

4. What year did John Kerry run for president?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2004.

5. What does Hoffman believe Kerry is unfit for?
(a) To be the secretary of state.
(b) To be commander in chief.
(c) To be the captain of the Swift Boats.
(d) To be commander of the Swift Boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of his poor performance, how did the audience react to Kerry at the end of the Dick Cavett Show?

2. Who received a polite applause at the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion, according to O'Neill?

3. How does Kerry's gunner, Stephen Gardner, describe the sampan incident?

4. What is the question the authors hope to answer in their book, Unfit for Command?

5. What was the purpose of Kerry's unauthorized trips to Saigon?

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