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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. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?
(a) The NLF.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) The army rebellion led by Van Don.
(d) General Khanh's rebellion.

2. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?
(a) Neighborhood boys and teachers.
(b) No one.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Merchants in the town and people in school.

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

4. When Tang was arrested in Chapter 10, what was he accused of?
(a) Being too wealthly.
(b) Being head of the NLF.
(c) Being a Communist Party member.
(d) Conspiring to assassinate the president.

5. Why were the dates of June 6th through 8th chosen to organize the congress for the Provisional Revolutionary Government?
(a) The dates are anniversaries of grandparents' deaths.
(b) To upstage a Nixon-Thieu meeting being held on Midway Island.
(c) To commemmorate the founding of the NLF.
(d) To honor Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ho Chi Minh see Madame Thao doing when he entered the house of the alliance delegation?

2. What did Nguyen Van Thieu expect of Nixon and Kissinger as indicated in Chapter 12?

3. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?

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. How did Albert Thao capitalize on his role of investigating army officers for disloyalty to Diem?

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