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

2. In what year does Myrtle actually allow Frank Vann to adopt John Paul Vann?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1947.

3. The army of the Vietcong has doubled in size by what year?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

4. Which of the following American media figures befriends John Paul Vann during 1965?
(a) Bob Woodward.
(b) Tom Brokaw.
(c) Daniel Ellsberg.
(d) Walter Cronkite.

5. Who does John Paul Vann's mother spend her money on (primarily)?
(a) The children.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The kids at the orphanage.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1967, how many acres of land (approximately) are destroyed by fighting, napalm, and chemical agent use throughout Vietnam?

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

3. What food doe the Vanns NOT usually have at Thanksgiving?

4. What does General Harkins believe about the Battle of Ap Bac that puts him at odds with John Paul Vann, his other American subordinates, and even General York?

5. What is the nickname of John Paul Vann's maternal grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

3. What did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What did this situation make John Paul Vann realize?

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

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