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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. 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?
(a) To relocate populations into more modern, better housing for their own good.
(b) Diem wanted the villagers to recognize his power.
(c) To gain control of the guerrilla troops.
(d) To make the tribespeople more accessible to government control.

2. Where did the NLF establish a new headquarters after America's Cambodian attack?
(a) Komchai Meas.
(b) Kratie.
(c) Krek.
(d) Kandol.

3. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?
(a) Invasion and power, power and invasion.
(b) Freedom and slavery, slavery and freedom.
(c) Warfare and peace, peace and warfare.
(d) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.

4. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?
(a) To gain support from their Northern compatriots.
(b) To rid themselves of Hieu.
(c) To discuss assassination plans for Diem.
(d) To plan a mass emigration to America.

5. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?
(a) A tasty morsel if eaten quickly.
(b) Like chicken.
(c) Like a rare delicacy.
(d) Tasteless and tough as old shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the official name of the Vietnamese Communist Party?

2. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

3. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?

4. Why did Tang and his compatriots refuse the radio being offered to them by the Americans readying them for a prisoner exchange?

5. What happened when the city of Hue was taken by the NLF and Northern troops in January, 1968?

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