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

2. How many children do John Paul Vann and his wife have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Medical treatment centers are established by USOM to help what group of people?

2. How does John Paul Vann summarize the events at Ap Bac?

3. What is the original name for the Agency for International Development (AID)?

4. John Paul Vann and Daniel Ellsberg drive to which location and become the first Americans to do so in over a year?

5. Which ARVN commander launches a "dummy assault" on the Ap Bac site to save face and put a positive PR spin on the confrontation?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who offers John Paul Vann a position as part of a national "brain trust" on Vietnam? What was John Paul Vann's reaction?

4. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

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

6. 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?

7. What new war tactic, employed by the U.S. marines in 1965, particularly disgusted John Paul Vann and why?

8. What word best describes John Paul Vann's mother, Myrtle Lee Tripp? Provide a justification for your answer.

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

10. What was John Paul Vann's strategy for turning the war in the United States' favor? How did this differ from the U.S. policy at the time?

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