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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tang and his wife live after he decides to go into seclusion??
(a) Go Vap.
(b) Upstate New York.
(c) Kratie.
(d) On the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

2. Why did Tang accept an appointment as director of the National Rubber Industry in Chapter 24?
(a) He was bored and wanted prestige.
(b) Because it made an excellent cover for him.
(c) His wife insisted he take the job.
(d) He needed to work for money.

3. What did Tang do for his brother, Bich, in Chapter 22?
(a) He wrote letters to him, giving him advice.
(b) He tried to get him released from detention but failed.
(c) He got him a position in the politburo.
(d) He had him released from detention.

4. What did Tang's host want most to know from Tang during his visit to Budapest ?
(a) Whether he was happy to be gone from Russia.
(b) Vietnam's position on the Sino-Soviet dispute.
(c) How much support Hungary could give the PRG.
(d) Why the Party was allying itself with the Soviets.

5. What directives emerged from a COSVN/PRG meeting held in Chapter 22?
(a) A new political song must be written.
(b) A new flag must be created.
(c) Everyone from the old regime must undergo a rigorous curriculum.
(d) All previous Saigon regime leaders must be executed.

6. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?
(a) To isolate Thieu.
(b) To engage Vietnam's military operatives.
(c) To have Thieu retreat from dismantling his government.
(d) To resolve Vietnam's domestic problems through political means.

7. Where were Tang's brothers, Quynh and Bich, sent on June 16, 1975?
(a) To a Soviet camp.
(b) To their own reeducation points.
(c) To Hanoi.
(d) To Saigon General Hospital.

8. What did Tang ultimately decide to do about the Communist takeover of his land?
(a) Continue to live in seclusion.
(b) Join an underground revolution.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Join the government.

9. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?
(a) Like chicken.
(b) A tasty morsel if eaten quickly.
(c) Like a rare delicacy.
(d) Tasteless and tough as old shoes.

10. How could the significance of the Alliance and the PRG be substantially reenhanced?
(a) If the ARVN wins the war.
(b) If a decisive military outcome is reached.
(c) In the event of a political compromise.
(d) If the Alliance and the PRG overtake the COSVN.

11. What did Tang ask PRG President Phat concerning the directives established at the COSVN/PRG meeting in Chapter 22?
(a) He asks why the people are taking so long to be reeducated.
(b) He asks to help reinvent the directives.
(c) He asks if he needs to be sent to a reeducation camp.
(d) He wants to know if he has time for a series of word games.

12. What American events attracted the attention of the nationalists in 1973?
(a) A book written by Henry Kissinger.
(b) The Watergate scandal.
(c) Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.
(d) The re-election of Nixon.

13. When the Ho Chi Minh trail was originally blazed in 1959, how many kilometers were the fighters expected to be able to advance every day?
(a) About 10.
(b) Nearly 20.
(c) 15 or more.
(d) Only 1.

14. What effect did America's invasion into Cambodia have on the NLF?
(a) They gained the support of Cambodians.
(b) Acute physical and emotional hardship.
(c) It had no effect.
(d) A renewed spirit to fight the enemy.

15. What did Article 9 of the Paris Accords call for the creation of?
(a) A National Council of Reconciliation.
(b) A Korean-style equilibrium vision.
(c) A greater role of the Saigon government in negotiations.
(d) A humanitarian ideal of a Socialist nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the PRG opposed to?

2. How did Nixon and Kissinger justify the Tet offensive bombings and invasion of Cambodia?

3. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?

4. Who was the only professional sailor on board the boat Tang and his wife escaped on?

5. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?

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