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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. When John Paul Vann is eventually recruited into the Army, what is his job intended to be?
(a) Recruiting other able-bodied men.
(b) Officer training.
(c) Flying bombing missions.
(d) Repairing jeeps and trucks.

2. According to John Paul Vann, the Vietnamese colonels in Saigon are best described as:
(a) Bored.
(b) Greedy and distrustful.
(c) Arrogant and bragadocious.
(d) Timid and cowardly.

3. In what month are Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother assassinated?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) January.

4. What does John Paul Vann find out about the numbers of the Regional Forces in Hau Nghia?
(a) They were supported by three VC divisions.
(b) They were a significant fighting force.
(c) They were greatly exaggerated.
(d) There were no Regional Forces there.

5. Which city does John Paul Vann consider "home"?
(a) Shreveport, Louisiana.
(b) Lawrence, Kansas.
(c) Norfolk, Virginia.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John Paul Vann's mother make money for herself?

2. According to John Paul Vann and the author, in what year does the U.S. Marines begin to burn villages to flush out Vietcong encampments?

3. In what year does John Paul Vann, Ramsey, and a few others send a new strategic proposal to Washington, DC?

4. Which U.S. general becomes the object of ridicule among the American advisers and fighting personnel?

5. What is the name of John Paul Vann's first REAL friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who offers John Paul Vann a position as part of a national "brain trust" on Vietnam? What was John Paul Vann's reaction?

2. When did Myrtle Lee Tripp's second husband, Frank Vann, finally adopt John Paul Vann as his son? Why did it take so long?

3. 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?

4. Which parent did the majority of the household chores in the Vann home? Why?

5. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

6. What prominent CIA figure eventually adopted and promoted John Paul Vann's assessment of the Vietnam War? Why was this person important?

7. Why did General Harkins feel the way he did about John Paul Vann's report?

8. What new war tactic, employed by the U.S. marines in 1965, particularly disgusted John Paul Vann and why?

9. How did John Paul Vann react to the ARVN "victory" at Ap Bac? How did General Harkins accept John Paul Vann's assessment?

10. 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?

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