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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 was the original intention for the PCFs?
(a) Coastal transportation.
(b) Coastal attacks.
(c) Coastal surveillance.
(d) Coastal emergencies.

2. When did Kerry make a cameo appearance at the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion?
(a) The day before.
(b) Earlier in the day.
(c) The week before.
(d) Two days earlier.

3. What was the title of Kerry's book?
(a) Reporting for Duty.
(b) The Necessity of War.
(c) Tour of Duty.
(d) Life at War.

4. What is the intent of Unfit for Command, as clearly stated by the authors in the introduction?
(a) To raise money for Kerry's opponent.
(b) To support Kerry for President.
(c) To convince Kerry to withdraw from the race.
(d) To prevent Kerry from becoming the commander in chief.

5. Where were the PCFs tasked?
(a) The Red River Delta.
(b) The Gulf of Tonkin.
(c) The Kong River.
(d) The Mekong Delta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kerry portray himself in his book's account of Ponder's injury?

2. Which one of the following does Hoffman question about Kerry in the Introduction?

3. What type of account does O'Neill provide for the Swift Boat Veterans Reunion?

4. According to O'Neill, where did Kerry meet with the enemies of America while American soldiers were still fighting and dying?

5. Which one of the following does Hoffman feel is doubtful in Kerry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many people did not sign the Swift Boat Veterans' open letter to Kerry, how important is it, and what are some of the possible reasons they did not participate?

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

3. Why do the authors make it a point to mention that their purpose for writing the book is not political?

4. How is Lupetti's observation in Vietnam relevant to Kerry and the ideas about him that the book outlines?

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

6. 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?

7. How much skepticism should be used when reading Unfit for Command, and how does the Introduction reduce or even eliminate it?

8. 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?

9. What is the reason the authors do not use the word, "President", instead, referring to the position as the "Commander in Chief"?

10. Who is Roy F. Hoffman and why is his opinion regarded so highly?

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