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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 was the Northern Vietnamese government fearful of American involvement in the fighting in Vietnam in the early 1960s?
(a) A nuclear bomb attack was anticipated.
(b) The Chinese would then become involved.
(c) Chances for a peaceful, negotiated settlement would vanish.
(d) They had no firearms for a counterattack.

2. Where did the leadership of the North place its focus in the 1966 resolution?
(a) On getting better weaponry.
(b) On mobilizing the masses.
(c) On Tang, himself.
(d) Upon young people.

3. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?
(a) His connections were gone and he could not get there.
(b) He had an ulcer crisis.
(c) There were no black pajamas available for him.
(d) He was arrested.

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

5. What did Tang's father threaten to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Restrict his passport.
(b) Commit suicide out of shame.
(c) Cut off Tang's funds.
(d) Stop sending him new clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?

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

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

4. What did Ho Chi Minh see Madame Thao doing when he entered the house of the alliance delegation?

5. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helped Tang's father raise Tang and his five brothers?

2. What impressed Tang so much when he discovered what Ho Chi Minh was through while he met with Tang and a fellow student for tea?

3. What kind of secrecy was involved in the first meeting of the NLF?

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

5. What was Tang's main goal during his early leadership of the Young People's Association?

6. Why was Ho Chi Minh's welcoming visit to the members of the alliance in Hanoi so important to them?

7. 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?

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

9. Why was it that President-Designate Tho was unable to be liberated from detention in Tuy Hoa?

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

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