1. What was the most popular weaponry used in the Front?
(a) B-52s.
(b) M-16 rifles.
(c) Chinese AK-47 rifles.
(d) Grenades and mines.

2. What was Chi Hoa?
(a) Tang's sugar company.
(b) A political meeting place.
(c) Tang's wife's name.
(d) A prison.

3. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.
(b) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.
(c) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(d) The guards were murdered one by one.

4. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?
(a) Step up the use of arms.
(b) Set up a formal NLF governmental structure in Saigon.
(c) Retreat and lay low for a number of years.
(d) Move the entire NLF organization to Hanoi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?

2. What was the turning point for those who finally decided to take political action and join the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces?

3. What religion was Ngo Dinh Diem connected with?

4. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?

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

(see the answer key)

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