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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During 1967, John Paul Vann is working to set up the which organization?
(a) Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS).
(b) Mobile command center for the American forces.
(c) The Peace Corps.
(d) United Nations International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF).

2. In 1966, John Paul Vann begins an affair with a 17-year-old virgin girl. What was her name?
(a) Jennie.
(b) Katie.
(c) Annie.
(d) Susie.

3. Which prominent American political figure arrives in Vietnam to overthrow the Diem regime?
(a) Henry Kissinger.
(b) Secretary of State Robert McNamara.
(c) President John F. Kennedy.
(d) Cabot Lodge, Jr.

4. Which ARVN commander launches a "dummy assault" on the Ap Bac site to save face and put a positive PR spin on the confrontation?
(a) General Cao.
(b) General Ba.
(c) General Cho.
(d) General Ming.

5. Medical treatment centers are established by USOM to help what group of people?
(a) Allies of the United States only.
(b) Deformed children.
(c) Americans wounded in battle.
(d) Those with common colds.

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

7. John Paul Vann and Daniel Ellsberg drive to which location and become the first Americans to do so in over a year?
(a) Ham Tan.
(b) Hanoi.
(c) Da Nang.
(d) Hue.

8. The term for General Westmoreland's war strategy is:
(a) "Bomb the VC into the Stone Age".
(b) "Total War".
(c) "War of Attrition".
(d) "Strategic Isolation".

9. Which city does John Paul Vann consider "home"?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Norfolk, Virginia.
(c) Shreveport, Louisiana.
(d) Lawrence, Kansas.

10. Which general replaces General Harkins as the supreme commander of the U.S. forces in Vietnam?
(a) General Huynh Van Cao.
(b) General Robert York.
(c) General William Westmoreland.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

11. Which province does John Paul Vann and his friend conspire to re-take?
(a) Da Nang Province.
(b) Kon Tum Province.
(c) Hau Nghia Province.
(d) Quang Binh Province.

12. What is the name of John Paul Vann's first REAL friend?
(a) Thomas Riley.
(b) Rodney "Rod" Applegate.
(c) Edward "Gene" Crutchfield.
(d) Frederick Winters.

13. How many students (estimated) are arrested and sent to jail during the riots?
(a) 250.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

14. As a result of the outcome of the Battle of Ap Bac, how do the Viet Cong react?
(a) They panic and immediately seek a peace treaty with Saigon.
(b) They are determined to create a stronger army.
(c) They flee to Cambodia, never to return.
(d) General Ho Chi Minh openly mocks the Americans on the radio.

15. Who is the provincial chief of this Vietnamese province, targeted for liberation?
(a) Major Nam Ho Ling.
(b) Major Ba Quang.
(c) Major Guang Xi Hue.
(d) Major Nguyen Tri Hanh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to John Paul Vann, the Vietnamese colonels in Saigon are best described as:

3. How does John Paul Vann's mother make money for herself?

4. According to John Paul Vann and the author, in what year does the U.S. Marines begin to burn villages to flush out Vietcong encampments?

5. Which one of the twelve U.S. generals stationed in Saigon feels the need to visit the site of the Battle of Ap Bac to assess what went wrong?

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