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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, "Antecedents to the Man".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase below best describes the relationship of Frank Vann with his sons?
(a) Loving and well-off.
(b) Loving, but unable to provide much of a living.
(c) Drunken and abusive.
(d) Unavailable because of his hectic work schedule.

2. Which of the following generals is the commanding officer of U.S. personnel in Vietnam in 1962?
(a) General Bruce Palmer, Jr.
(b) General Paul Harkins.
(c) General George S. Patton.
(d) General William Westmoreland.

3. When do the Vann children eventually start receiving gifts for Christmas?
(a) When they grew up and finally moved out.
(b) When they turned 12.
(c) At the end of the 1930s.
(d) At age 8.

4. What phrase best describes the bulk of the soldiers in the South Vietnamese Army?
(a) Combat ready.
(b) Underprepared and untrained.
(c) Grizzled veterans.
(d) Cannon fodder.

5. President John F. Kennedy proposes _______________ as a way to deal with possible peasant uprisings spurred on by the Vietcong.
(a) Counter-insurgency
(b) Carpet bombing
(c) Intense negotiations
(d) Attrition and depletion

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two key reasons why the ARVN forces did not soundly defeat the VC at Ap Bac?

2. Who does John Paul Vann's mother spend her money on (primarily)?

3. In what year does Myrtle actually allow Frank Vann to adopt John Paul Vann?

4. For how many years during his childhood was John Paul Vann bounced between his two aunts and other friends and relatives?

5. Which ARVN commander leads the M-113 company during the Battle of Ap Bac?

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