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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 NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) Government security would be lax at that time.
(b) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(c) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.
(d) It was the best seasonal weather.

2. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.
(b) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(c) The guards were murdered one by one.
(d) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.

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(c) His driver's license was revoked.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

4. What was the first job Tang got in France after his parents stopped sending him money?
(a) Bus Driver.
(b) Political Assistant.
(c) Professor.
(d) Dishwasher.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?

2. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?

3. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?

4. How did Tang meet his second wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tang come to be made chief of his neighborhood contingent of the Vanguard Youth?

3. What was the main goal of the movement for self-determination?

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

5. Why did the South Vietnamese secret police want to get prisoners to admit to being members of the Communist Party?

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

7. Why did Tang's father decide each of his sons' careers for them?

8. What brought Tang's father and father-in-law to demand that Tang's wife return home to Vietnam?

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

10. What compromise was reached for Vietnam in May of 1954?

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