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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. In what year does the Vann family move to Atlantic City?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1966.
2. John Paul Vann is sent to build schools and help refugees in many areas that:
(a) Were loyal to the United States.
(b) Were burned to the ground.
(c) Sympathized with the VC.
(d) Could be exploited for resources.
3. During the late 1960s, who is the station chief in Vietnam for the pacification-worker project?
(a) Gordon Jorgenson.
(b) Victor Krulak.
(c) Albert Hall.
(d) Gordon Brown.
4. Which religious group does President Ngo Dinh Diem persecute most severely?
(a) Taoists.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) Moslems.
(d) Christians.
5. University students in which city start riots to protest Diem's government?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Hue.
(c) My Tho.
(d) Hanoi.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of reconnaissance does John Paul Vann agree to do?
2. Which U.S. general becomes the object of ridicule among the American advisers and fighting personnel?
3. Which of the following American media figures befriends John Paul Vann during 1965?
4. In what year does Myrtle actually allow Frank Vann to adopt John Paul Vann?
5. Medical treatment centers are established by USOM to help what group of people?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did the Vann family live during John Paul Vann's childhood?
2. What did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?
3. One of the unique features of the Vietnam War was the war correspondent (a special type of journalist) that went to the war zone and reported on what was happening there. How did this affect how the U.S. military commanders conducted the war?
4. By this time, what was the political situation in Saigon?
5. Following the inconclusive, but embarrassing, result of Ap Bac, General Huynh Van Cao launched a dummy attack on the same location. Why did he do this? What was the result?
6. What prominent CIA figure eventually adopted and promoted John Paul Vann's assessment of the Vietnam War? Why was this person important?
7. Who was the most influential and first real friend that John Paul Vann had? Why did this person have such an impact on John Paul Vann's life?
8. Following the conflicting stories regarding the success of the Battle of Ap Bac, how did Washington, DC, respond?
9. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?
10. Was John Paul Vann content to fulfill his new duties? Why or why not?
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