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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 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) Diem wanted the villagers to recognize his power.
(b) To make the tribespeople more accessible to government control.
(c) To gain control of the guerrilla troops.
(d) To relocate populations into more modern, better housing for their own good.

2. Who was Thuy Ba?
(a) The woman who would become Tang's third wife.
(b) The doctor who oversaw Tang's care after he was exchanged as a prisoner.
(c) A Communist Party leader.
(d) Ho Chi Minh's wife.

3. What were Agrovilles?
(a) A government project of self-contained villages.
(b) Villages in which to house captured enemies.
(c) A capitalistic branch of society.
(d) A method of increasing revenue for farmers.

4. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?
(a) "The people have come together in a struggle for national liberation."
(b) "Our country was doubly exploited."
(c) "Use your knowledge to build the future of our country."
(d) "Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?

2. By the end of 1958, who were basically the only people who supported Diem's regime?

3. What job did Tang take at the Societe Sucriere?

4. When Tang was arrested in Chapter 10, what was he accused of?

5. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. When was it decided by the newly appointed NLF Provisional Committee to establish a committee for the Saigon/Cholon/Giadinh zone?

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

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

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

10. Why was it that Diem did not have the loyalty of his subjects, the South Vietnamese people?

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