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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. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?

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

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

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 Tang's main goal during his early leadership of the Young People's Association?

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

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

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

5. What were Tang's feelings toward America when he returned to Saigon in 1955?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Tang decided to forgo his pharmacy studies and focus instead on political science, his political views began to sway. In which direction did Tang's new studies take him politically? What did Tang come to understand about the relationship between Vietnam and France?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Who was the main influence upon Tang's political awakening? How did this person come to influence Tang to such a degree in a short period of time?

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