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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?
(a) He was thought of as a repentant former communist by a priest.
(b) He was able to bribe imporant officials.
(c) He trusted no one.
(d) He changed his political views completely.

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

3. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.
(b) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.

4. Why did the province of Ben Tre become peaceful as opposed to its violent reputation?
(a) Diem bombed the area.
(b) Villages were set up there to control the people.
(c) Albert Thao became its province chief.
(d) The Vietcong could not infiltrate the area.

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

6. What did Tang suspect about the historical documents used in the infancy of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) They were poorly devised.
(b) They were entwined with Ho Chi Minh's overall political insights.
(c) There might be copyright infringement problems in the future.
(d) They were written by spies from Diem's regime.

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

8. What did Tang's father decide to do when violence began to erupt in Saigon in 1945?
(a) Evacuate the family to the provinces.
(b) Join the armed forces.
(c) Move the family to Thailand.
(d) Ship his sons off to Paris.

9. By the end of 1958, who were basically the only people who supported Diem's regime?
(a) The French.
(b) Nationalist-minded Vietnamese.
(c) Northern Catholic refugees and those who profited from Diem's schemes.
(d) The tribespeople from the mountains.

10. What was Thanh Nghi famous for writing?
(a) A history of South Vietnam.
(b) A novel based on Vietnamese struggles.
(c) A French-Vietnamese dictionary.
(d) A communist manifesto.

11. 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 aborted her baby and stayed in France.
(d) She persuaded Tang to return home with her.

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

13. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?
(a) To make the tribespeople more accessible to government control.
(b) To gain control of the guerrilla troops.
(c) To relocate populations into more modern, better housing for their own good.
(d) Diem wanted the villagers to recognize his power.

14. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?
(a) Trinh Dinh Thao.
(b) Michael Van Vi.
(c) Nguyen Huu Tho.
(d) Tran Kim Quan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the guards forget to feed Tang and the other prisoners in the police headquarters for a couple of days in Chapter 11?

2. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?

3. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?

4. Who did Ho Chi Minh remind Tang of?

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

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