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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. In what year are John Paul Vann and Mary married?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1943.

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

3. 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) Vietnam.
(d) World War II.

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

5. In what month are Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother assassinated?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) April.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the Vann family move to Atlantic City?

2. The army of the Vietcong has doubled in size by what year?

3. John Paul Vann is sent to build schools and help refugees in many areas that:

4. Which city does John Paul Vann consider "home"?

5. In what year does Myrtle actually allow Frank Vann to adopt John Paul Vann?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What prominent CIA figure eventually adopted and promoted John Paul Vann's assessment of the Vietnam War? Why was this person important?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What vital information did John Paul Vann include in a three-page report to General Harkins and Colonel Porter regarding General Huynh Van Cao's approach to the war?

9. What do we know about John Paul Vann's lineage?

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

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