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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 the first job Tang got in France after his parents stopped sending him money?
(a) Political Assistant.
(b) Dishwasher.
(c) Bus Driver.
(d) Professor.

2. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?
(a) Warfare and peace, peace and warfare.
(b) Freedom and slavery, slavery and freedom.
(c) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.
(d) Invasion and power, power and invasion.

3. What did Tang's father decide to do when violence began to erupt in Saigon in 1945?
(a) Evacuate the family to the provinces.
(b) Move the family to Thailand.
(c) Ship his sons off to Paris.
(d) Join the armed forces.

4. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?
(a) Diem would hold fair elections in Vietnam.
(b) He was a puppet for the Americans.
(c) He was a strong, independent leader.
(d) He was moving toward peaceful unification of north and south.

5. Why did the province of Ben Tre become peaceful as opposed to its violent reputation?
(a) The Vietcong could not infiltrate the area.
(b) Diem bombed the area.
(c) Villages were set up there to control the people.
(d) Albert Thao became its province chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?

2. Where was Tang first subjected to racial prejudice?

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

4. What career did Tang's father decide Tang should pursue?

5. What role did the leading figure of the Committee to Defend the Peace, Dr. Pham Van Huyen, play in Diem's government in 1954?

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