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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?
(a) Diem wanted the villagers to recognize his power.
(b) To relocate populations into more modern, better housing for their own good.
(c) To make the tribespeople more accessible to government control.
(d) To gain control of the guerrilla troops.

2. Where did the leadership of the North place its focus in the 1966 resolution?
(a) On Tang, himself.
(b) On mobilizing the masses.
(c) On getting better weaponry.
(d) Upon young people.

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

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

5. What did Tang's father threaten to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Commit suicide out of shame.
(b) Cut off Tang's funds.
(c) Restrict his passport.
(d) Stop sending him new clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

2. What school subject did Tang enjoy more so than chemistry?

3. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?

4. What group was Tang named as president of at the age of forty-three?

5. Why did the province of Ben Tre become peaceful as opposed to its violent reputation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it about Ba Tra, one of Tang's support personnel in the Young People's Association, that disturbed Tang?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Tang needed back home in 1955 more than ever in Chapter 4?

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

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

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