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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. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?
(a) He was thought of as a repentant former communist by a priest.
(b) He changed his political views completely.
(c) He trusted no one.
(d) He was able to bribe imporant officials.

2. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?
(a) Leader of the National Revolutionary Movement.
(b) Prime Minister of Vietnam.
(c) A teacher at Saigon University.
(d) Organizer of the National Liberation Front.

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

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

5. What did Tang suspect about the historical documents used in the infancy of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) They were written by spies from Diem's regime.
(b) They were poorly devised.
(c) There might be copyright infringement problems in the future.
(d) They were entwined with Ho Chi Minh's overall political insights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?

2. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?

3. What were Agrovilles?

4. What was Tang forced to swallow during his imprisonment in Chapter 10, damaging his digestive system?

5. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Tang's reaction upon meeting Ho Chi Minh?

4. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

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

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

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

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

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

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