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. John Paul Vann is born during what era?
(a) The Alaskan Gold Rush.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The Spanish-American War.
(d) The Great Depression.

3. Which event during the Vietnam War is used to discredit General Westmoreland's overall strategy and cause many Americans to demand an end to U.S. involvement there?
(a) Tet Offensives of 1968.
(b) The death of Ho Chi Minh.
(c) The Fall of Saigon.
(d) Burning of the Reichstag.

4. John Paul Vann is a risk-taker to such a degree that other soldiers were amazed at his bravado (or foolhardiness). How is this personality trait described by those that knew him?
(a) The Luck of the Irish.
(b) Death Wish.
(c) Vann's Utter Madness.
(d) The Vann Luck.

5. General Edward Lansdale is a clandestine operative for which U.S. government agency?
(a) Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(c) National Security Administration.
(d) Central Intelligence Agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which intelligence officer, assigned to work with Vann, lives by the motto "know your foe", setting up an elaborate system of informants and launching an exhaustive data file on the Vietcong?

2. Diem engages in an ambitious campaign that redistributes _______________ from the Buddhist farmers to the Catholic refugees fleeing North Vietnam.

3. Which parallel is the dividing line between North and South Vietnam?

4. This group of organized gangs and criminals attempt a revolt in South Vietnam's capitol city of Saigon.

5. What is the nickname of Herb Prevost's squadron?

(see the answer key)

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