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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The men were rioting.
(b) There was an army attack on the headquarters.
(c) The food had run out.
(d) They were celebrating the Tet Mau Than, the lunar new year.

2. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?
(a) He showed up for active duty.
(b) He joined the national navy.
(c) He escaped to England.
(d) He reacquainted himself with Ho Chi Minh.

3. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?
(a) His fiance from Vietnam.
(b) His pharmacy studies.
(c) British culture.
(d) Agitation against the war.

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

5. Who did Tang's small group meet by chance when they were dropped off near a jungle path on a prisoner exchange mission in Chapter 11?
(a) Tang's wife.
(b) Lien's husband.
(c) Le Duc Tho's brother.
(d) Albert Tho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

2. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?

3. What was Chi Hoa?

4. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?

5. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Albert Thao end up staying with Tang for three days in Chapter 6?

2. Why was Tang needed back home in 1955 more than ever in Chapter 4?

3. Why did Air Marshal Ky and his partner, Nguyen Van Thieu, make an attempt to disrupt Americans meeting with Dang's deputy, a cadre named Sau Ha?

4. What was it about Ba Tra, one of Tang's support personnel in the Young People's Association, that disturbed Tang?

5. Why was Tang confused when he received a letter from his father in Chapter 3?

6. What did Tang's father tell him in an unexpected letter in 1951?

7. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

8. Why did Tang decide to join the national navy upon receiving another draft notice in Chapter 4?

9. Why was it that the National Liberation Front was not anxious to see President Diem overthrown?

10. What physical and mental condition was Tang in while a prisoner at the headquarters prison?

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