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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 did the PRG believe that having Tang's brothers working for the South Vietnamese government might help their cause?
(a) One of the brothers could become a spy.
(b) A brother's family could be held hostage in the future.
(c) Tang could be viewed as a double agent.
(d) Family ties in the government gave the public reassurance about Tang.

2. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?
(a) Unionize and gather.
(b) Fight and win.
(c) Contradict and stimulate.
(d) Separate and isolate.

3. Where did the Northern escape routes directly lead to?
(a) Kratie.
(b) Cambodia's Pre Veng Province.
(c) Laos.
(d) The Ho Chi Minh Trail.

4. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?
(a) Standing near the front entrance.
(b) Having a private visit with his family in a government compound.
(c) He had been executed already.
(d) Inside the prison house, waiting for them.

5. When Tang was arrested in Chapter 10, what was he accused of?
(a) Being too wealthly.
(b) Being head of the NLF.
(c) Being a Communist Party member.
(d) Conspiring to assassinate the president.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Tang's return to Hanoi in Chapter 20, what does he encounter in the city he has not visited for thirty years?

2. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?

3. What did Article 9 of the Paris Accords call for the creation of?

4. What did Tang do in regards to his pharmaceutical studies in Chapter 3?

5. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?

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