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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. In what year was the U.S. destroyer, “Maddox” fired upon?

a. 1964
b. 1953
c. 1960
d. 1950

2. According to the passage which event occurred first?
a. John F. Kennedy’s assassination
b. the end of Johnson’s presidency

c. the start of the Vietnam War
d. the Korean War

3. What caused Johnson to order the bombing of torpedo-boat bases in

North Vietnam?
a. the assassination of John F. Kennedy
b. the U.S. destroyer, “Maddox” being fired upon

c. the end of the Korean War
d. the loss of 58,000 American soldiers in the Vietnam War

4. What did John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson have in common?

a. They both believed in the Domino Theory.
b. They both ordered bombing in North Vietnam.
c. They were both against the Korean War.
d. They were both unconcerned with the spread of communism.

5. Predict what would have happened if the U.S. had not been afraid of the
spread of communism.
a. The Vietnam War would have lasted longer.
b. The Vietnam War would have ended sooner.

c. The U.S. would not have gotten involved in the Vietnam War.
d. John F. Kennedy would not have been assassinated.

6. In this passage the word vital means

a. pertaining to life
b. of critical importance
c. having remarkable energy

d. deadly

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