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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, "A Second Time Around".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age is John Paul Vann when he was first deployed to South Vietnam in 1962?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty-seven.
(d) Twenty-seven.

2. What is the name of John Paul Vann's biological father?
(a) Frank Vann.
(b) John Paul LeGay.
(c) Arthur Price.
(d) Johnny Spry.

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

4. What is the name of John Paul Vann's widow?
(a) Jane Marie.
(b) Mary Elisabeth.
(c) Sarah Alexandra.
(d) Mary Jane.

5. How are the Viet Minh perceived by many of the Vietnamese people, especially in light of their victory over the French in the First Indochina War?
(a) Anti-authoritarian radicals.
(b) Enlightened warriors.
(c) Patriotic freedom fighters.
(d) Deeply religious traditionalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Paul Vann realize upon his return to Vietnam in 1965?

2. President Ngo Dinh Diem is made president of South Vietnam by the _______________.

3. The name for the pro-North Vietnamese forces based in South Vietnam is the ___________________.

4. According to John Paul Vann, General Huynh Van Cao is more concerned with ________________________ than winning the war.

5. The army of the Vietcong has doubled in size by what year?

(see the answer key)

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