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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what did Tang discover when he arrived in Saigon and telephoned his parents at his older brother's home?
(a) The police had arrested his wife.
(b) His father had died.
(c) His mother was ill.
(d) His brother, Quynh, was in the United States.

2. How could the significance of the Alliance and the PRG be substantially reenhanced?
(a) If a decisive military outcome is reached.
(b) If the ARVN wins the war.
(c) In the event of a political compromise.
(d) If the Alliance and the PRG overtake the COSVN.

3. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?
(a) Chau Van Tiep.
(b) Vo Nguyen Giap.
(c) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(d) Zhou En-Lai.

4. What were "elephant's intestines?"
(a) The belts on the guerrillas' pajamas.
(b) Moneys cooked in a pot.
(c) Long tubes of rolled cotton.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?

2. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?

3. What break came to Tang and his wife via his wife's brother-in-law?

4. What became the chief news item on the prison grapevine after an ethnic Chinese labor leader was shot by prison guards and survived her wounds?

5. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?

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