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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 the Western delegates at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria do to surprise Tang in Chapter 20?
2. What did the vice president of the Chinese State Council do concerning the PRG in order to express their feelings about Hanoi's ongoing affiliation with the Soviets?
3. How many people have been freed from arrest since Tang's retirement in the summer of 1976, to his knowledge?
4. Which unit member was very popular for what he could provide the guerrillas with?
5. What was Nixon's "Vietnamization" as the NLF saw it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How had the Ho Chi Minh Trail changed from when it was first created in 1959 until Tang returned to travel it in 1974?
2. What became of Tang's two brothers, both of whom had stayed in Saigon throughout the war?
3. How did the members of the PRG survive and live in their rough circumstances?
4. How did the COSVN/PRG decide to deal with their recent enemies of the South at the end of the war?
5. Why did the imminent signing of a negotiation agreement in Paris fill Tang and the nationalist forces with hope and excitement?
6. When Tang's boat during his escape was attacked by pirates, why wasn't the situation as horrible as some others had been?
7. What did Article 9 out of the Paris Accord call for the creation of?
8. How did the NLF gain the support of the local population near Kratie, along the western banks of the Mekong?
9. Five years after the Communist Party's seminars given to the Alliance/NLF/PRG forces in Kratie, what did Tang come to realize about the cadre's assaults and the party leaders' consequent respect for the nationalist's views?
10. How did Tang come to the difficult conclusion that he had to leave Vietnam after all he had been through?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How might the events Tang endures during his flight from Vietnam on a river boat reflect his struggles throughout the book? Use specific details in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What does the treatment of Tran Buu Kiem and Tran Bach Dang, who made minor blunders in front of Party officials, say about the the COSVN's treatment of leading intellectuals? What was the general tone and spirit of the workers' party at the time of Dang's and Diem's isolation and retirement?
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