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

2. Which of the following is a major problem for the South Vietnamese military commanders and politicians?

3. By late 1965, the Saigon/U.S. and VC forces begin to:

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

5. How does John Paul Vann's mother make money for herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Following the conflicting stories regarding the success of the Battle of Ap Bac, how did Washington, DC, respond?

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 did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?

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

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

7. Which parent did the majority of the household chores in the Vann home? Why?

8. In what year did John Paul Vann retire from the Army? When and how did he return to Vietnam?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on what you have read in the Sheehan book, please describe, compare, and contrast the overall war strategy of General Westmoreland and the North Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh. How were the strategies different and which do you think was the better overall plan for victory? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

John Paul Vann retired from the military in 1963. However, he re-enlisted to serve in Vietnam as a civilian with the Agency for International Development (AID) just two years later, in 1965. Briefly explain why you think John Paul Vann would make that decision and support your answer with information given in the text.

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