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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?
(a) To engage Vietnam's military operatives.
(b) To isolate Thieu.
(c) To resolve Vietnam's domestic problems through political means.
(d) To have Thieu retreat from dismantling his government.

2. What was Tang forced to swallow during his imprisonment in Chapter 10, damaging his digestive system?
(a) A mild acid.
(b) Strong vodka.
(c) Hot peppers.
(d) Soapy water.

3. What form of torture did Tang endure in Chapter 10, causing great pain to his eyes?
(a) Electric shock.
(b) Constant head bashing.
(c) Bright lights directed into his face.
(d) Needles near his eyes.

4. What did the Party ideologues decide the NLF troops should do for three months in Kratie?
(a) Make plans for future attacks on the ARVN.
(b) Study the peace talks ongoing in Paris.
(c) Study the fine points of Marxism-Leninism.
(d) Exhibit Buddhist and Confucian spirituality.

5. Who was Tao Thao?
(a) A North Vietnamese general.
(b) A refugee from the South.
(c) An enemy of the alliance.
(d) A legendary king in China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ba Cap's personality like?

2. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?

3. Who was Thuy Ba?

4. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?

5. 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?

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