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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?
(a) From his meeting with Ho Chi Minh.
(b) As a good friend at the lycee.
(c) From his days in Paris.
(d) From Ben Tre Province.

4. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?
(a) For forgiveness.
(b) To join the army and fight for Saigon.
(c) To return to his ex-wife and child.
(d) To return home and help him financially.

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

6. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The end of torture.
(b) The prison grapevine.
(c) The books he was given to read.
(d) The twice-daily meals.

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(d) His driver's license was revoked.

8. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do when he discovered a prisoner exchange being negotiated between the Americans and the North?
(a) He had Sau Ha, Dang's deputy, arrested.
(b) He was in favor of the program and promoted it.
(c) He told the Americans to pull out of his country.
(d) He resigned his position.

9. 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) Chief judicial adviser.
(d) Head of state.

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

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

12. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?
(a) He left the NLF for good.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He was sent to America as a diplomat.
(d) He refused to let Thao take refuge with him.

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

14. What did Tang do in regards to his pharmaceutical studies in Chapter 3?
(a) He added political science on as a double major.
(b) He abandoned them.
(c) He graduated and moved on to other things.
(d) He failed the courses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?

2. What school subject did Tang enjoy more so than chemistry?

3. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?

4. When Tang met Ho Chi Minh, what was his first impression of the president?

5. What is COSVN which is described in Chapter 11?

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