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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 was Diem's To Cong campaign?
(a) Nhu's revolutionary movement.
(b) A well-organized center of Diem's opposition.
(c) Diem's long run for political office.
(d) Jailing and execution of communist sympathizers.

2. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?
(a) British culture.
(b) His fiance from Vietnam.
(c) His pharmacy studies.
(d) Agitation against the war.

3. Why did Tang's father send Tang's fiance and her father to Paris?
(a) To threaten him with violence.
(b) To persuade Tang to return home immediately.
(c) So Tang and she can marry.
(d) To give him grandchildren quickly.

4. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?
(a) From Ben Tre Province.
(b) As a good friend at the lycee.
(c) From his days in Paris.
(d) From his meeting with Ho Chi Minh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?

2. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?

3. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?

4. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?

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

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