Inserting click boxes in an assessment

I am in the process of completing an online course using captivate 7. Within the course some of the modules will have an assessment portion where they will need to complete a scenario based objective. In the past, I have set it up where I would go to file and select record new software simulation and select the assessment portion. I record my simulation and then copy and past the slides into my module.
I did that this time and the assessment itself works. However, the click boxes I have set to return the user back to review the scenario are not working. There is no difference between what I have done here and what I have done in the past. I have the click box set to jump to a specific slide and then the slide I jump to I have have the scenario click box return to the last slide visited.
I have set the modules up to be a show, try it! and assess type modules. The Try It! my scenario buttons woprk but not my assess.
Any help would be much appreciated!!!
Thank You,
Bob

Please see a picture of how I have programmed my click boxes.

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