Read Chapters 1 and 2. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Rewrite the false ones with the correct information.
1 John F. Kennedy was forty-two when he became president of the US.
2 Mount Kennedy is in Canada.
3 Two million Irish people died because they had nothing to eat.
4 Joe and Rose Kennedy called their first son Jack.
5 The Kennedy family had two homes.
6 Jack was not popular at the Choate School.
7 The leader of Italy in the 1930s was Adolf Hitler.
Read Chapter 3, then put these sentences in the right order.
1 A Japanese warship hit the PT-109.
2 Some islanders found the men.
3 The US government gave Jack an award.
4 Jack joined the US Navy.
5 Jack pulled McMahon to an island.
6 Joe Kennedy was killed.
7 Jack became leader of the PT-109.
8 The men jumped into the sea.
Read Chapters 4 and 5, then match these halves of sentences.
1 Congress is one of the three parts of …
2 Richard Nixon was presidential candidate for …
3 The presidential elections happened …
4 Kennedy met Jackie at a dinner party …
5 Jackie had a job …
6 The White House is the home of …
7 Caroline and ten other children went to school …
a in New York.
b in the White House.
c the US government.
d with a newspaper.
e the US president.
f in November 1960.
g the Republican party.
Read Chapter 6. Choose the best question-word for these questions, and then answer them.
How many / What / When / Where / Who
1 ______ was Nikita Khrushchev?
2 ______ did Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in June 1961?
3 ______ people left East Berlin between 1947 and 1961?
4 ______ did the East German soldiers build in August 1961?
5 ______did Kennedy visit West Berlin?
Read Chapter 7. Complete the sentences with the names of these people or places.
Bay of Pigs, Cuba, Eisenhower, Europe, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Turkey
1 The US president before Kennedy was ______.
2 Ships carrying about 1,500 Cuban soldiers arrived at the______.
3 Fidel Castro, leader of the government in______, was a Communist.
4 ______ sent two letters to Kennedy.
5 After the Bay of Pigs, ______ did not agree to everything his military advisors told him.
6 The US had some nuclear missile sites in ______.
7 people in London and countries in ______ held meetings against the US.
Read Chapters 8 and 9, then circle the correct words.
1 Young people in the Peace Corps help people in the US / other countries.
2 Ngô Ɖình Diệm was president of South / North Vietnam.
3 The army officers said that they would shoot / protect Diệm.
4 When Kennedy became president, black Americans had / did not have the same rights as white Americans.
5 Robert Kennedy sent hundreds / thousands of soldiers to protect James Meredith.
Read Chapters 10 and 11. Then circle a, b or c.
1 The US and USSR wanted to be first to reach _____.
a) the sun b) the moon c) Mars
2 The first man to go into space was ____.
a) Buzz Aldrin b) Neil Armstrong c) Yuri Gagarin
3 The city of Dallas is ____.
a) in Texas b) near Washington c) in Florida
4 The president’s car was traveling ____.
a) quickly b) slowly c) very fast
5 The number of bullets that hit Kennedy was______.
a) one b) two c) three
6 The Warren Commission said Oswald was working _____.
a) for the FBI b) for Castro c) alone
7 Jack Ruby died_____.
a) in a police station b) in prison c) in the street
Read Chapter 12, then answer the questions.
1 When did Barack Obama become president?
2 Who else in the Kennedy family became famous?
3 Who was Jackie’s second husband?
4 What did Jackie do after Onassis died?
5 Who is Caroline Kennedy married to?
6 What happened to Kennedy’s son?
7 What do people remember most about Kennedy?