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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) She bribed the tribunal president.
(b) She informed the foreign press of Tang's prediciment.
(c) She wrote a letter to the president.
(d) She divorced him in hopes he would fight to be released.

2. What was Tang forced to swallow during his imprisonment in Chapter 10, damaging his digestive system?
(a) Strong vodka.
(b) Soapy water.
(c) Hot peppers.
(d) A mild acid.

3. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Head of the Revolutionary Committee.
(b) Commissioner of Naval Supplies in Toulon.
(c) Law Professor at Saigon University.
(d) Chief Comptroller for the Industry and Commerce Bank of Vietnam.

4. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?
(a) To rid themselves of Hieu.
(b) To plan a mass emigration to America.
(c) To discuss assassination plans for Diem.
(d) To gain support from their Northern compatriots.

5. Who was the American Ambassador trying to arrange the appearance of a real election in Saigon in Chapter 17?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Ellsworth Bunker.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) George McGovern.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tang in Chapter 16, how did America regard the country of Vietnam?

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

3. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?

4. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?

5. What was Ba Cap's personality like?

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