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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. 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) Lien's husband.
(b) Tang's wife.
(c) Le Duc Tho's brother.
(d) Albert Tho.

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

3. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?
(a) The farmers and villages.
(b) His brother's welfare.
(c) Internal disloyalty.
(d) Americans.

4. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) He chose them at random.
(b) They were the brightest students.
(c) He saw them as future leaders.
(d) They were from the south.

5. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.
(b) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

4. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

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

9. How did the NLF become dominated by the Communist Party and the Northern government?

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

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