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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 food doe the Vanns NOT usually have at Thanksgiving?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Steak.
(c) Ham.
(d) Goose.

2. How does John Paul Vann summarize the events at Ap Bac?
(a) "A complete disaster."
(b) "A masterful coordination with the ARVN."
(c) "A misterable damn performance."
(d) "A narrow loss."

3. 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) There were no Regional Forces there.
(c) They were greatly exaggerated.
(d) They were a significant fighting force.

4. One of the primary sources of income for Vietnamese families in U.S. controlled areas (especially the large cities like Saigon) is:
(a) Selling military secrets to the VC.
(b) Prostitution of the family's daughters.
(c) Making munitions for the war effort.
(d) Farming rice.

5. What type of reconnaissance does John Paul Vann agree to do?
(a) Scout out supply depots.
(b) Note enemy encampments and positions.
(c) Take photos of Regional Forces.
(d) Aerial topography of the region.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prominent American political figure arrives in Vietnam to overthrow the Diem regime?

2. The term for General Westmoreland's war strategy is:

3. What is the name of John Paul Vann's biological father?

4. Which distinguished general from World War II is dispatched to Vietnam to assess the situation?

5. Which province does John Paul Vann and his friend conspire to re-take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Vann family live during John Paul Vann's childhood?

2. What was John Paul Vann's strategy for turning the war in the United States' favor? How did this differ from the U.S. policy at the time?

3. Following the conflicting stories regarding the success of the Battle of Ap Bac, how did Washington, DC, respond?

4. 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?

5. What vital information did John Paul Vann include in a three-page report to General Harkins and Colonel Porter regarding General Huynh Van Cao's approach to the war?

6. By this time, what was the political situation in Saigon?

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

8. What were some of John Paul Vann's assigned duties upon his return to Vietnam?

9. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

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

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