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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food is NOT a staple in the Vann family diet when John Paul Vann was growing up?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Steak.
(c) Onions with coffee and tomato "gravy".
(d) Potatoes.

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

3. How many brothers does John Paul Vann have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

4. Who is President of the United States when America expands the war into Cambodia in 1970?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Richard M. Nixon.

5. University students in which city start riots to protest Diem's government?
(a) Hanoi.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Hue.
(d) My Tho.

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

7. Which distinguished general from World War II is dispatched to Vietnam to assess the situation?
(a) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) General George S. Patton.
(d) General Victor Krulak.

8. What food doe the Vanns NOT usually have at Thanksgiving?
(a) Ham.
(b) Steak.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Goose.

9. Which person becomes a sort of father figure to John Paul Vann?
(a) Rodney "Rod" Applegate.
(b) Johnny Baker.
(c) Garland Evan Hopkins.
(d) William Westmoreland.

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

11. Which U.S. general becomes the object of ridicule among the American advisers and fighting personnel?
(a) General Westmoreland.
(b) General York.
(c) General Cao.
(d) General Harkins.

12. Brigadier General Pham Quoc Thuan constructs this facility based on the demands of U.S. G.I.s:
(a) An extra-secure command bunker.
(b) An ice-making plant.
(c) A statue of General Harkins.
(d) A Las Vegas-style resort casino.

13. In what year does Cabot Lodge, Jr., arrive in Vietnam?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

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

15. During his work in Vietnam after 1965, John Paul Vann is befriended by whom?
(a) A group of Buddhist monks.
(b) Some members of the VC high command.
(c) A number of mercenaries from Europe.
(d) A VC schoolteacher and the local children.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When do the Vann children eventually start receiving gifts for Christmas?

3. What is General Harkins' response to John Paul Vann's report of the battle?

4. In what year does John Paul Vann's mother, Myrtle, die?

5. After the failure of this person's second mission to Vietnam in 1966, this person begins to side with John Paul Vann's view of the war effort.

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