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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. What position is offered to John Paul Vann by Secretary of State Robert McNamara?
(a) Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia.
(b) Chief of Asian Division.
(c) Robert McNamara's Undersecretary of State.
(d) Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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

3. In a three-page report, John Paul Vann indicates which of the following about General Huynh Van Cao?
(a) He will not send troops to VC occupied villages.
(b) He is a laughing stock among the ARVN troops.
(c) He doesn't care about winning.
(d) He is too happy to retreat.

4. What does General Harkins believe about the Battle of Ap Bac that puts him at odds with John Paul Vann, his other American subordinates, and even General York?
(a) The war is over and the VC are the winners.
(b) General York is intrusive and unwelcome.
(c) John Paul Vann's observations are tainted by his zealous spirit.
(d) Ap Bac is a military success.

5. When do the Vann children eventually start receiving gifts for Christmas?
(a) At the end of the 1930s.
(b) At age 8.
(c) When they grew up and finally moved out.
(d) When they turned 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does John Paul Vann and his wife sell their home in El Paso, Texas, and move to Washington, DC?

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

3. What is the name of John Paul Vann's biological father?

4. Which U.S. general becomes the object of ridicule among the American advisers and fighting personnel?

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

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

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

4. Following the inconclusive, but embarrassing, result of Ap Bac, General Huynh Van Cao launched a dummy attack on the same location. Why did he do this? What was the result?

5. 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?

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

7. How and where did John Paul Vann die? Provide details.

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

9. What were some of John Paul Vann's assigned duties upon his return to Vietnam?

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

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