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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?
(a) He joined the national navy.
(b) He showed up for active duty.
(c) He escaped to England.
(d) He reacquainted himself with Ho Chi Minh.

2. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?
(a) Inside the prison house, waiting for them.
(b) He had been executed already.
(c) Standing near the front entrance.
(d) Having a private visit with his family in a government compound.

3. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?
(a) A meeting with President Johnson.
(b) To the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
(c) A skirmish with the secret police in Saigon.
(d) A visit to Hanoi.

4. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?
(a) Prime Minister of Vietnam.
(b) Organizer of the National Liberation Front.
(c) A teacher at Saigon University.
(d) Leader of the National Revolutionary Movement.

5. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?
(a) The army rebellion led by Van Don.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) General Khanh's rebellion.
(d) The NLF.

6. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?
(a) Chau Van Tiep.
(b) Zhou En-Lai.
(c) Vo Nguyen Giap.
(d) Ngo Dinh Diem.

7. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?
(a) For forgiveness.
(b) To return home and help him financially.
(c) To return to his ex-wife and child.
(d) To join the army and fight for Saigon.

8. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) She bribed the tribunal president.
(b) She wrote a letter to the president.
(c) She divorced him in hopes he would fight to be released.
(d) She informed the foreign press of Tang's prediciment.

9. Who did Tang's small group meet by chance when they were dropped off near a jungle path on a prisoner exchange mission in Chapter 11?
(a) Albert Tho.
(b) Tang's wife.
(c) Le Duc Tho's brother.
(d) Lien's husband.

10. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?
(a) Tran Kim Quan.
(b) Nguyen Huu Tho.
(c) Michael Van Vi.
(d) Trinh Dinh Thao.

11. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?
(a) Neighborhood boys and teachers.
(b) Merchants in the town and people in school.
(c) No one.
(d) Teachers.

12. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?
(a) Restrict their activities.
(b) Teach them himself.
(c) Employ a tutor.
(d) Punish them.

13. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(b) It was the best seasonal weather.
(c) Government security would be lax at that time.
(d) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.

14. What was Thanh Nghi famous for writing?
(a) A history of South Vietnam.
(b) A communist manifesto.
(c) A novel based on Vietnamese struggles.
(d) A French-Vietnamese dictionary.

15. How did Tang know Albert Pham Ngoc Thao?
(a) From Ben Tre Province.
(b) From his days in Paris.
(c) From his meeting with Ho Chi Minh.
(d) As a good friend at the lycee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?

2. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

3. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?

4. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?

5. Who did Albert Thao's family get to protect him from harm?

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