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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. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?
(a) He enrolled in college.
(b) He left the country.
(c) He joined the revolution in Cambodia.
(d) He became a teacher wherever he was needed.

2. 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) Albert Tho.
(c) Le Duc Tho's brother.
(d) Lien's husband.

3. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?
(a) Threatened his family with death.
(b) Shot him on the spot.
(c) Threw him into the river to drown.
(d) Recruited him as a spy.

4. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The twice-daily meals.
(b) The books he was given to read.
(c) The prison grapevine.
(d) The end of torture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ho Chi Minh remind Tang of?

2. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?

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

4. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?

5. When Tang met Ho Chi Minh, what was his first impression of the president?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

2. How did Tang's friend, Albert Thao, come to be closely involved with Ngo Dinh Diem?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Within three years of Diem's presidency, what was apparent about the leader concerning his political endeavors?

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

8. Why did Tang and his associates want to keep the American military from becoming involved in the Vietnamese conflict?

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

10. How did the platform of the alliance differ from that of the NLF?

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