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

2. What were "elephant's intestines?"
(a) Poisonous snakes.
(b) Long tubes of rolled cotton.
(c) The belts on the guerrillas' pajamas.
(d) Moneys cooked in a pot.

3. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?
(a) From his days in Paris.
(b) From his meeting with Ho Chi Minh.
(c) As a good friend at the lycee.
(d) From Ben Tre Province.

4. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?
(a) His fiance from Vietnam.
(b) His pharmacy studies.
(c) Agitation against the war.
(d) British culture.

5. How did Tang meet his second wife?
(a) They had both joined the resistance.
(b) His father set them up together.
(c) They met in the Cai Lay region.
(d) A colleague introduced them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tang first subjected to racial prejudice?

2. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

3. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?

4. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do when he discovered a prisoner exchange being negotiated between the Americans and the North?

5. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?

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