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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) Nationalist-minded Vietnamese.
(b) The tribespeople from the mountains.
(c) Northern Catholic refugees and those who profited from Diem's schemes.
(d) The French.

2. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The prison grapevine.
(b) The twice-daily meals.
(c) The books he was given to read.
(d) The end of torture.

3. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) Build an independent economy.
(b) Overthrow the Diem regime.
(c) Bring in American advisers to help with the movement's actions.
(d) Bring unity to the different classes of people in the South.

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

5. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?
(a) She would be arrested also.
(b) The police wished to torture her also, in front of Tang.
(c) She agreed to encourage him to sign an admission of guilt.
(d) The rules called for family visitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?

2. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

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

4. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What did Tang's father threaten to do in Chapter 3?

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