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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tang's grandfather teach his clan each Sunday?
(a) A proper Vietnamese diet.
(b) The elements of political regimes.
(c) How to achieve artistic development.
(d) The precepts of Confucian ethics.

2. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) They were from the south.
(b) They were the brightest students.
(c) He chose them at random.
(d) He saw them as future leaders.

3. 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.

4. What term does Truong Nhu Tang use to describe his childhood?
(a) Wealthy communists.
(b) Protected isolation.
(c) Family cocoon.
(d) Family of eight.

5. What school subject did Tang enjoy more so than chemistry?
(a) History.
(b) French.
(c) Music.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?

3. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

4. What job did Tang take at the Societe Sucriere?

5. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?

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