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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) To gain control of the guerrilla troops.
(b) To make the tribespeople more accessible to government control.
(c) Diem wanted the villagers to recognize his power.
(d) To relocate populations into more modern, better housing for their own good.

2. What school subject did Tang enjoy more so than chemistry?
(a) French.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) Music.

3. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(b) Government security would be lax at that time.
(c) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.
(d) It was the best seasonal weather.

4. Who did Tang's small group meet by chance when they were dropped off near a jungle path on a prisoner exchange mission in Chapter 11?
(a) Albert Tho.
(b) Tang's wife.
(c) Lien's husband.
(d) Le Duc Tho's brother.

5. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?
(a) They did not possess enough weaponry to overcome the North.
(b) They could not think about the war in the same way as their enemy could.
(c) The American press was against them.
(d) The policies involved only air raids.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?

2. On the day of celebration at Independence Palace Square to celebrate the Vietnamese victory at last, which military units were the last to appear in the parade?

3. What was Diem's To Cong campaign?

4. What was the motto for Dung's opportune moment of a campaign on the assault of Saigon in April, 1974?

5. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?

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