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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.
(b) The guards were murdered one by one.
(c) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(d) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.

2. What movement did Tang decide to join after his meeting with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) The Fourth Republic.
(b) Vietnamese independence.
(c) The Tet Offensive.
(d) The French Revolution.

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

4. What does "tin," a basic ethical principle in Confucianism, refer to?
(a) Love.
(b) Faithfulness.
(c) Loss of face.
(d) Humanity.

5. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?
(a) The Diem regime's power.
(b) The American government.
(c) Tran Van Don's French ties.
(d) Their involvement with the NLF.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chi Hoa?

2. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?

3. How did Ho Chi Minh ask Tang and his fellow students to refer to him?

4. What was Diem's To Cong campaign?

5. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?

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