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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of John Paul Vann's maternal grandmother?

2. Which war is John Paul Vann sent to first, where he is promoted to the rank of Captain in 1950?

3. Which person becomes a sort of father figure to John Paul Vann?

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

5. Which prominent American political figure arrives in Vietnam to overthrow the Diem regime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did the Vann family live during John Paul Vann's childhood?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the staple foods in the Vann home? How did this particular diet affect the health and psychological well-being of the children? Which of John Paul Vann's parents was the primary cook and provider? Why?

Essay Topic 2

At least five United States' Presidents attempted to deal with the situation in Vietnam. Which presidents were involved and how did each one approach the problems created by the U.S. military (or advisory) operations in Vietnam? In your opinion, which president's approach was best in your opinion and why?

Essay Topic 3

What was the U.S. military's rationale for the burning of villages policy enacted in August, 1965? Given his strong desire to defeat the Vietcong, why did John Paul Vann disassociate himself from the practice in a very vocal way? Did John Paul Vann believe that the U.S. marines could have pursued a better course of action? If so, what was it?

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