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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religion was Ngo Dinh Diem connected with?

3. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?

5. What was the official name of the Vietnamese Communist Party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Express an opinion as to whether Tang's and his fellow nationalists' struggles had been in vain. Support your opinion with facts and feelings expressed within the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tang's life in the Maquis after his exchange. Why is Tang sentimental about his and the other PRG members' time there?

Essay Topic 3

Albert Thao was a childhood friend of Tang's who became a spy within Diem's government. What induced Albert to become a spy, a dangerous mission for a young man? How did Tang view his friend's involvement in Diem's government, without being told that his friend was a double agent?

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