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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. Why were the various sites for the PRG ministries chosen to be deep within the "Iron Triangle" of sanctuaries and bases, near the Cambodian border?
(a) To stifle communication with COSVN.
(b) To be close to the Gulf of Thailand.
(c) As good proection from B-52 and helicopter asssaults.
(d) It was what President Phat deeemed best.

2. What did Tang do in regards to his pharmaceutical studies in Chapter 3?
(a) He graduated and moved on to other things.
(b) He abandoned them.
(c) He failed the courses.
(d) He added political science on as a double major.

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

4. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?
(a) He was thought of as a repentant former communist by a priest.
(b) He was able to bribe imporant officials.
(c) He trusted no one.
(d) He changed his political views completely.

5. Where was Tang first subjected to racial prejudice?
(a) In school.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In America.
(d) During the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?

2. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?

3. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?

4. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?

5. What was Tang's last official function in Algeria?

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