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

2. By the end of 1958, who were basically the only people who supported Diem's regime?
(a) Northern Catholic refugees and those who profited from Diem's schemes.
(b) Nationalist-minded Vietnamese.
(c) The tribespeople from the mountains.
(d) The French.

3. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?
(a) Internal disloyalty.
(b) His brother's welfare.
(c) Americans.
(d) The farmers and villages.

4. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?
(a) France had always been Vietnam's ally.
(b) The French and the Chinese were fighting the Vietnamese.
(c) The French were helping Vietnam to develop the country.
(d) France had used Vietnam as a slave state.

5. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?
(a) He was sent to America as a diplomat.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He left the NLF for good.
(d) He refused to let Thao take refuge with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?

2. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?

3. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?

4. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?

5. What term does Truong Nhu Tang use to describe his childhood?

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