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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A Las Vegas-style resort casino.
(c) A statue of General Harkins.
(d) An ice-making plant.

2. In what year does John Paul Vann, Ramsey, and a few others send a new strategic proposal to Washington, DC?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

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

4. What is the name of John Paul Vann's sweetheart and (eventual) wife?
(a) Mary Lee Allen.
(b) Mary Jane Allen.
(c) Mary Jo Allen.
(d) Mary Louise Allen.

5. Who is the Buddhist monk who voluntarily burned himself to death in order to protest the cruel actions of Diem's government in Saigon?
(a) Ba Lai.
(b) Nguyen Tan.
(c) Quang Duc.
(d) Quang Cho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of John Paul Vann's first REAL friend?

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

3. How long is the projected worst-case scenario for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

4. University students in which city start riots to protest Diem's government?

5. When John Paul Vann is eventually recruited into the Army, what is his job intended to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did this situation make John Paul Vann realize?

2. With whom did John Paul Vann spend a great amount of his time growing up? Why?

3. By this time, what was the political situation in Saigon?

4. One of the unique features of the Vietnam War was the war correspondent (a special type of journalist) that went to the war zone and reported on what was happening there. How did this affect how the U.S. military commanders conducted the war?

5. When did Myrtle Lee Tripp's second husband, Frank Vann, finally adopt John Paul Vann as his son? Why did it take so long?

6. Was John Paul Vann content to fulfill his new duties? Why or why not?

7. What did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?

8. Why did General Harkins feel the way he did about John Paul Vann's report?

9. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?

10. Who was the most influential and first real friend that John Paul Vann had? Why did this person have such an impact on John Paul Vann's life?

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