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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?
(a) Punish them.
(b) Restrict their activities.
(c) Employ a tutor.
(d) Teach them himself.

2. Why did the province of Ben Tre become peaceful as opposed to its violent reputation?
(a) Villages were set up there to control the people.
(b) The Vietcong could not infiltrate the area.
(c) Albert Thao became its province chief.
(d) Diem bombed the area.

3. What was one of the main tenets of Tang's manifesto for the self-determination movement?
(a) Ho Chi Minh would be allowed to lead North and South Vietnam.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge should resign from office.
(c) People living in villages would move to the mountains.
(d) America should not intervene in Vietnam.

4. By the end of 1958, who were basically the only people who supported Diem's regime?
(a) The tribespeople from the mountains.
(b) The French.
(c) Northern Catholic refugees and those who profited from Diem's schemes.
(d) Nationalist-minded Vietnamese.

5. What job did Tang take at the Societe Sucriere?
(a) Director General.
(b) Head Accountant.
(c) Chief Opearting Officer.
(d) Public Relations Manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?

2. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?

3. How did Ho Chi Minh ask Tang and his fellow students to refer to him?

4. What role did the leading figure of the Committee to Defend the Peace, Dr. Pham Van Huyen, play in Diem's government in 1954?

5. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?

(see the answer key)

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