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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a revolution in Saigon took place in 1945, which group did Tang join?
(a) Ho Chi Minh's Men.
(b) The Vanguard Youth.
(c) The Alliance.
(d) The Neighborhood Contingent.

2. Why did Tang and his compatriots refuse the radio being offered to them by the Americans readying them for a prisoner exchange?
(a) They did not want any gifts from the enemy.
(b) They thought it might contain an electronic homing device.
(c) They feared it might contain a bomb.
(d) Radios were considered disrespectful in their religion.

3. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?
(a) The farmers and villages.
(b) His brother's welfare.
(c) Internal disloyalty.
(d) Americans.

4. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?
(a) Inside the prison house, waiting for them.
(b) He had been executed already.
(c) Standing near the front entrance.
(d) Having a private visit with his family in a government compound.

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

6. What role did the leading figure of the Committee to Defend the Peace, Dr. Pham Van Huyen, play in Diem's government in 1954?
(a) Comissioner of refugees.
(b) Professor of historical societies.
(c) Head of state.
(d) Chief judicial adviser.

7. What was Diem's To Cong campaign?
(a) Diem's long run for political office.
(b) Jailing and execution of communist sympathizers.
(c) A well-organized center of Diem's opposition.
(d) Nhu's revolutionary movement.

8. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?
(a) Diem would hold fair elections in Vietnam.
(b) He was a strong, independent leader.
(c) He was a puppet for the Americans.
(d) He was moving toward peaceful unification of north and south.

9. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?
(a) No one.
(b) Merchants in the town and people in school.
(c) Neighborhood boys and teachers.
(d) Teachers.

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

11. Why did the guards forget to feed Tang and the other prisoners in the police headquarters for a couple of days in Chapter 11?
(a) The food had run out.
(b) They were celebrating the Tet Mau Than, the lunar new year.
(c) There was an army attack on the headquarters.
(d) The men were rioting.

12. What career did Tang's father decide Tang should pursue?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Pharmacist.

13. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Disgustingly dirty.
(c) Quite bearable.
(d) Intolerable.

14. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?
(a) A book of Vietnamese history.
(b) An autographed photograph.
(c) A recital of Confucianist sayings.
(d) A teacup momento.

15. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?
(a) He escaped to England.
(b) He reacquainted himself with Ho Chi Minh.
(c) He joined the national navy.
(d) He showed up for active duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why did Tang's father send Tang's fiance and her father to Paris?

3. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

4. What did Tang do in regards to his pharmaceutical studies in Chapter 3?

5. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?

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