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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?
(a) His driver's license was revoked.
(b) Suspension from his job.
(c) A hefty monetary fine.
(d) A newspaper editorial.

2. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?
(a) The French and the Chinese were fighting the Vietnamese.
(b) France had used Vietnam as a slave state.
(c) France had always been Vietnam's ally.
(d) The French were helping Vietnam to develop the country.

3. What group was Tang named as president of at the age of forty-three?
(a) The Vanguard Youth.
(b) Young People's Association of South Vietnam.
(c) Ho Chi Minh's Youth.
(d) The Youth Movement.

4. What were Agrovilles?
(a) Villages in which to house captured enemies.
(b) A method of increasing revenue for farmers.
(c) A capitalistic branch of society.
(d) A government project of self-contained villages.

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

6. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?
(a) She left the marriage to obey her father.
(b) She returned to Tang and had her child.
(c) She commited suicide.
(d) She stayed married to Tang through letters.

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

8. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?
(a) He had an ulcer crisis.
(b) There were no black pajamas available for him.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) His connections were gone and he could not get there.

9. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?
(a) To Hanoi.
(b) To the airport.
(c) Police headquarters.
(d) A restaurant in Saigon.

10. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?
(a) The National Liberation Front.
(b) The Provisional Revolutionary Government.
(c) The Demilitarized Zone.
(d) The North Vietnamese Army.

11. Who did Ho Chi Minh remind Tang of?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His school teacher.
(c) His eldest brother.
(d) His father.

12. What did Tang's pregnant wife do when both fathers demanded the couple return home?
(a) She returned home alone.
(b) She aborted her baby and stayed in France.
(c) She stayed with her husband in France.
(d) She persuaded Tang to return home with her.

13. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?
(a) Restrict their activities.
(b) Employ a tutor.
(c) Teach them himself.
(d) Punish them.

14. What was one of the main tenets of Tang's manifesto for the self-determination movement?
(a) America should not intervene in Vietnam.
(b) People living in villages would move to the mountains.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge should resign from office.
(d) Ho Chi Minh would be allowed to lead North and South Vietnam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?

2. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?

3. How did Albert Thao capitalize on his role of investigating army officers for disloyalty to Diem?

4. What was the turning point for those who finally decided to take political action and join the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces?

5. When a revolution in Saigon took place in 1945, which group did Tang join?

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