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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 did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?
(a) To join the army and fight for Saigon.
(b) To return home and help him financially.
(c) To return to his ex-wife and child.
(d) For forgiveness.

2. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?
(a) A recital of Confucianist sayings.
(b) A teacup momento.
(c) A book of Vietnamese history.
(d) An autographed photograph.

3. What did Tang's pregnant wife do when both fathers demanded the couple return home?
(a) She stayed with her husband in France.
(b) She returned home alone.
(c) She aborted her baby and stayed in France.
(d) She persuaded Tang to return home with her.

4. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?
(a) The flag that anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in America displayed.
(b) The flag of the Vietcong.
(c) A sign of peace for the South.
(d) A flag used on Diem's coffin.

5. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.
(b) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first job Tang got in France after his parents stopped sending him money?

2. 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?

3. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

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

5. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?

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