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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup in Chapter 6?
(a) They were killed outside a church.
(b) They were imprisoned in Saigon.
(c) They were able to subdue the coup and retake control.
(d) They begged for their lives inside the Palace.

2. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?
(a) Internal disloyalty.
(b) Americans.
(c) His brother's welfare.
(d) The farmers and villages.

3. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?
(a) Teach them himself.
(b) Employ a tutor.
(c) Restrict their activities.
(d) Punish them.

4. How did Ho Chi Minh ask Tang and his fellow students to refer to him?
(a) As Sir.
(b) As Mr. President.
(c) As Uncle Ho.
(d) As Mr. Minh.

5. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) She divorced him in hopes he would fight to be released.
(b) She bribed the tribunal president.
(c) She informed the foreign press of Tang's prediciment.
(d) She wrote a letter to the president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?

2. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?

3. What did Tang's pregnant wife do when both fathers demanded the couple return home?

4. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?

5. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?

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