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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did America's invasion into Cambodia have on the NLF?
(a) A renewed spirit to fight the enemy.
(b) They gained the support of Cambodians.
(c) Acute physical and emotional hardship.
(d) It had no effect.

2. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?
(a) President Thieu had been deposed.
(b) The troops in Saigon were filled with depression.
(c) A province near Saigon, Phuoc Long, had fallen.
(d) Saigon had fallen.

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

4. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?
(a) A newspaper editorial.
(b) Suspension from his job.
(c) A hefty monetary fine.
(d) His driver's license was revoked.

5. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?
(a) Their involvement with the NLF.
(b) The Diem regime's power.
(c) Tran Van Don's French ties.
(d) The American government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Ba Cap's personality like?

3. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?

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

5. What did the Party ideologues decide the NLF troops should do for three months in Kratie?

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