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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?
(a) The Demilitarized Zone.
(b) The North Vietnamese Army.
(c) The Provisional Revolutionary Government.
(d) The National Liberation Front.

2. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?
(a) To return home and help him financially.
(b) To return to his ex-wife and child.
(c) For forgiveness.
(d) To join the army and fight for Saigon.

3. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The prison grapevine.
(b) The twice-daily meals.
(c) The end of torture.
(d) The books he was given to read.

4. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?
(a) France had used Vietnam as a slave state.
(b) The French and the Chinese were fighting the Vietnamese.
(c) France had always been Vietnam's ally.
(d) The French were helping Vietnam to develop the country.

5. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?
(a) To Hanoi.
(b) To the airport.
(c) Police headquarters.
(d) A restaurant in Saigon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tang and his compatriots refuse the radio being offered to them by the Americans readying them for a prisoner exchange?

2. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?

3. What group was Tang named as president of at the age of forty-three?

4. What did Tang's father threaten to do in Chapter 3?

5. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?

(see the answer key)

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