Correct. The answer is b. Anh’s father was an officer for the South Vietnamese army, which meant that he and his family—along with anyone else who had fought against North Vietnam or sympathized with the American forces—were in extreme danger when the North Vietnamese forces descended on Saigon in 1975.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Anh’s father was an officer for the South Vietnamese army, which meant that he and his family—along with anyone else who had fought against North Vietnam or sympathized with the American forces—were in extreme danger when the North Vietnamese forces descended on Saigon in 1975.

Correct. The answer is d. As the final assault on Saigon by the North Vietnamese grew more imminent, tens of thousands of South Vietnamese people tried to escape the country. Anyone who had aided or worked for the Americans during the war was particularly at risk for North Vietnamese retribution. The United States helped thousands of these people escape from South Vietnam because it was American cooperation that put them in such a vulnerable position.

Incorrect. The answer is d. As the final assault on Saigon by the North Vietnamese grew more imminent, tens of thousands of South Vietnamese people tried to escape the country. Anyone who had aided or worked for the Americans during the war was particularly at risk for North Vietnamese retribution. The United States helped thousands of these people escape from South Vietnam because it was American cooperation that put them in such a vulnerable position.

Correct. The answer is c. After physically moving Vietnamese refugees to military bases in Guam and then to the continental United States, the U.S. government relied on charitable organizations to sponsor and pay for refugees to settle permanently in the United States. The government itself provided the refugees with very few resources: typically basic English language training and $500.

Incorrect. The answer is c. After physically moving Vietnamese refugees to military bases in Guam and then to the continental United States, the U.S. government relied on charitable organizations to sponsor and pay for refugees to settle permanently in the United States. The government itself provided the refugees with very few resources: typically basic English language training and $500.

Correct. The answer is d. Although Joseph Cao had previously run for office as an independent (and lost), when the Republican Party approached him to run for Congress in 2008, he agreed to run as a Republican because he felt he owed a debt of gratitude to John McCain and his experience in Vietnam. McCain had survived five and a half years in a prisoner-of-war camp in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and was, in 2008, running as the Republican candidate for president.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Although Joseph Cao had previously run for office as an independent (and lost), when the Republican Party approached him to run for Congress in 2008, he agreed to run as a Republican because he felt he owed a debt of gratitude to John McCain and his experience in Vietnam. McCain had survived five and a half years in a prisoner-of-war camp in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and was, in 2008, running as the Republican candidate for president.

Correct. The answer is a. This essay uses the story of one Vietnamese immigrant, Anh (Joseph) Quang Cao, to illustrate just how many Vietnamese people immigrated to the United States after the war. Between the official evacuations via plane, helicopter, and U.S. ships, and the dangerous exodus of “boat people,” hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people arrived in the United States after 1975, altering the nation’s demography.

Incorrect. The answer is a. This essay uses the story of one Vietnamese immigrant, Anh (Joseph) Quang Cao, to illustrate just how many Vietnamese people immigrated to the United States after the war. Between the official evacuations via plane, helicopter, and U.S. ships, and the dangerous exodus of “boat people,” hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people arrived in the United States after 1975, altering the nation’s demography.