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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. When Tang met Ho Chi Minh, what was his first impression of the president?
(a) He was inappropriately dressed for the occasion.
(b) He was dignified and strong.
(c) He was weak and sickly.
(d) He blended in with the other dignitaries.

2. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) He saw them as future leaders.
(b) They were from the south.
(c) He chose them at random.
(d) They were the brightest students.

3. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?
(a) Set up a formal NLF governmental structure in Saigon.
(b) Move the entire NLF organization to Hanoi.
(c) Step up the use of arms.
(d) Retreat and lay low for a number of years.

4. What was Chi Hoa?
(a) A prison.
(b) Tang's sugar company.
(c) Tang's wife's name.
(d) A political meeting place.

5. What nickname did Madame Phat receive after she spoke of her debt of gratitude to the Party?
(a) Keeper of Bourgeois Reality.
(b) Guardian of the Pagoda.
(c) Humorless Madame Phat.
(d) Proletariat Phat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?

2. What does "tin," a basic ethical principle in Confucianism, refer to?

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

4. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?

5. Who was responsible for Tang's daughter, Loan, being able to do to college in America?

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