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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A restaurant in Saigon.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To Hanoi.

2. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?
(a) She agreed to encourage him to sign an admission of guilt.
(b) She would be arrested also.
(c) The rules called for family visitors.
(d) The police wished to torture her also, in front of Tang.

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

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

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

6. What occurred on November 11, 1960?
(a) Diem's fears of a revolt were realized.
(b) Albert Thao was discovered to be a spy.
(c) Diem's brother, Nhu, was killed.
(d) Khiem refuseed to stop a revolt.

7. What religion was Ngo Dinh Diem connected with?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Confucianism.

8. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup in Chapter 6?
(a) They were killed outside a church.
(b) They begged for their lives inside the Palace.
(c) They were able to subdue the coup and retake control.
(d) They were imprisoned in Saigon.

9. 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 told the Americans to pull out of his country.
(c) He resigned his position.
(d) He was in favor of the program and promoted it.

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

11. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?
(a) Invasion and power, power and invasion.
(b) Freedom and slavery, slavery and freedom.
(c) Warfare and peace, peace and warfare.
(d) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.

12. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) She divorced him in hopes he would fight to be released.
(b) She wrote a letter to the president.
(c) She informed the foreign press of Tang's prediciment.
(d) She bribed the tribunal president.

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

14. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?
(a) Shot him on the spot.
(b) Threatened his family with death.
(c) Threw him into the river to drown.
(d) Recruited him as a spy.

15. When Tang was arrested in Chapter 10, what was he accused of?
(a) Being too wealthly.
(b) Being head of the NLF.
(c) Being a Communist Party member.
(d) Conspiring to assassinate the president.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who did Ho Chi Minh remind Tang of?

5. What is meant by the "Three Kingdoms"?

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