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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 was the Northern Vietnamese government fearful of American involvement in the fighting in Vietnam in the early 1960s?

2. Who was Thuy Ba?

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

4. What were Agrovilles?

5. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical and mental condition was Tang in while a prisoner at the headquarters prison?

2. Why did Tang's father decide each of his sons' careers for them?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What were defined as the broad objectives of the mobilization committee for the peace movement?

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

10. Who helped Tang's father raise Tang and his five brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What were Tang's family's expectations for the way he should lead his life? What disappointments, if any, were faced by Tang's father as they applied to his son and how did his father react to these disappointments?

Essay Topic 3

What was the purpose for the NLF's forming of The Movement for Self-Determination? What did the movement hope to accomplish? Why did the movement choose the members it did?

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