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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 Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?
2. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?
3. Why did Tang's father send Tang's fiance and her father to Paris?
4. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?
5. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. What compromise was reached for Vietnam in May of 1954?
2. What impressed Tang so much when he discovered what Ho Chi Minh was through while he met with Tang and a fellow student for tea?
3. How did Tang come to be made chief of his neighborhood contingent of the Vanguard Youth?
4. Why was Ho Chi Minh's welcoming visit to the members of the alliance in Hanoi so important to them?
5. Why was it that President-Designate Tho was unable to be liberated from detention in Tuy Hoa?
6. What physical and mental condition was Tang in while a prisoner at the headquarters prison?
7. What did Tang's father tell him in an unexpected letter in 1951?
8. Why was it that the National Liberation Front was not anxious to see President Diem overthrown?
9. Why did Tang decide to join the national navy upon receiving another draft notice in Chapter 4?
10. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Many of those who joined the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces at its founding had been resistant for years to formally joining such organizations.
Why had these people (most of whom were old friends of Tang) resisted associating themselves politically, regardless of their sympathies for the goals of the NLF? What made them finally decide to take action by 1968?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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