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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. What form of torture did Tang endure in Chapter 10, causing great pain to his eyes?
(a) Constant head bashing.
(b) Bright lights directed into his face.
(c) Needles near his eyes.
(d) Electric shock.

2. Who was Tao Thao?
(a) A refugee from the South.
(b) An enemy of the alliance.
(c) A North Vietnamese general.
(d) A legendary king in China.

3. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) The guards were murdered one by one.
(b) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.
(c) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(d) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.

4. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Commissioner of Naval Supplies in Toulon.
(b) Head of the Revolutionary Committee.
(c) Law Professor at Saigon University.
(d) Chief Comptroller for the Industry and Commerce Bank of Vietnam.

5. When Tang was arrested in Chapter 10, what was he accused of?
(a) Being head of the NLF.
(b) Conspiring to assassinate the president.
(c) Being too wealthly.
(d) Being a Communist Party member.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang do in regards to his pharmaceutical studies in Chapter 3?

2. What is meant by the "Three Kingdoms"?

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

4. What did Tang's grandfather teach his clan each Sunday?

5. What term does Truong Nhu Tang use to describe his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tang's reaction upon meeting Ho Chi Minh?

2. What brought Tang's father and father-in-law to demand that Tang's wife return home to Vietnam?

3. Why did Tang decide to join the national navy upon receiving another draft notice in Chapter 4?

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

5. Why was it that the National Liberation Front was not anxious to see President Diem overthrown?

6. When was it decided by the newly appointed NLF Provisional Committee to establish a committee for the Saigon/Cholon/Giadinh zone?

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

8. Why was it that Diem did not have the loyalty of his subjects, the South Vietnamese people?

9. Why did Albert Thao end up staying with Tang for three days in Chapter 6?

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

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