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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Starting in April, 1967, these event begin as a result of the growing VC numbers:
(a) Lightning Strikes.
(b) Aerial Bombardments.
(c) Allied Ground Surge.
(d) Hill Fights.

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

3. Who is Myrtle Tripp's first husband?
(a) Ed Williams.
(b) Frank Vann.
(c) Arthur Price.
(d) Victor LeGay.

4. What word best describes the atmosphere in Vietnam in 1965, according to John Paul Vann?
(a) Despair.
(b) Resolve.
(c) Panic.
(d) Optimism.

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

6. What is the nickname of John Paul Vann's maternal grandmother?
(a) Gardenia.
(b) Princess.
(c) Queen.
(d) Queenie.

7. In what year does Myrtle actually allow Frank Vann to adopt John Paul Vann?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1947.

8. How does John Paul Vann's mother make money for herself?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Manual labor.
(c) A large inheritance from her mother.
(d) Handicrafts.

9. 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?
(a) General Harkins.
(b) General Porter.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) General York.

10. What is Robert Komer's nickname, given to him by Cabot Lodge, Jr.?
(a) Flamethrower.
(b) Blow Hard.
(c) Blow Torch.
(d) Ice Man.

11. Which war is John Paul Vann sent to first, where he is promoted to the rank of Captain in 1950?
(a) First Indochina War.
(b) Korea.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam.

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

13. What is the original name for the Agency for International Development (AID)?
(a) Blackwater Combat Support.
(b) Peace Corps.
(c) United States Operations Mission (USOM).
(d) Big Red One.

14. In what year is John Paul Vann born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1941.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of John Paul Vann's sweetheart and (eventual) wife?

2. During the late 1960s, who is the station chief in Vietnam for the pacification-worker project?

3. What name does John Paul Vann have inscribed on his mother's headstone?

4. In 1966, John Paul Vann begins an affair with a 17-year-old virgin girl. What was her name?

5. One of the primary sources of income for Vietnamese families in U.S. controlled areas (especially the large cities like Saigon) is:

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