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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-two through Twenty-four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(b) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.
(c) Government security would be lax at that time.
(d) It was the best seasonal weather.

2. Who was Thuy Ba?
(a) Ho Chi Minh's wife.
(b) The doctor who oversaw Tang's care after he was exchanged as a prisoner.
(c) A Communist Party leader.
(d) The woman who would become Tang's third wife.

3. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.
(b) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.

4. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) They were the brightest students.
(b) He chose them at random.
(c) He saw them as future leaders.
(d) They were from the south.

5. What directives emerged from a COSVN/PRG meeting held in Chapter 22?
(a) A new flag must be created.
(b) A new political song must be written.
(c) All previous Saigon regime leaders must be executed.
(d) Everyone from the old regime must undergo a rigorous curriculum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?

3. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?

4. What became the chief news item on the prison grapevine after an ethnic Chinese labor leader was shot by prison guards and survived her wounds?

5. What form of torture did Tang endure in Chapter 10, causing great pain to his eyes?

(see the answer key)

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