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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 new means of transportation was Vietnam inundated with in 1969 and 1970?

2. What was Nixon's "Vietnamization" as the NLF saw it?

3. When the Ho Chi Minh trail was originally blazed in 1959, how many kilometers were the fighters expected to be able to advance every day?

4. How did Nixon and Kissinger justify the Tet offensive bombings and invasion of Cambodia?

5. Who was the only professional sailor on board the boat Tang and his wife escaped on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the members of the PRG survive and live in their rough circumstances?

2. What did Nguyen Van Thieu make clear immediately upon Tran Van Lam's signing of the Paris accords?

3. 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?

4. What became of Tang's two brothers, both of whom had stayed in Saigon throughout the war?

5. Why were Nixon and Kissinger unable to comprehend the issues in Vietnam that prevented an American success there?

6. What did General Trung mean when he joked that "even though we ran like hell, still we'll win" in regard to the NLF's retreat from the southern Cambodian border?

7. When Tang's boat during his escape was attacked by pirates, why wasn't the situation as horrible as some others had been?

8. Why was Prince Sihanouk's removal as head of the Cambodian government a source of anxiety for the NLF?

9. What was the goal of Nixon's "Vietnamization," according to the NLF?

10. What caused Tran Back Dang to lose acceptance and blight his career with the COSVN?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) was formed in response to Nixon's Vietnamization strategies. Explain the domestic, international and diplomatic goals of the PRG.

Essay Topic 3

What prevented Nguyen Huu Tho from attending the first meeting of the NLF as its newly-elected president? What were the events leading up to the inability to ensure Tho's presence at that meeting?

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