View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Hei want from Fowler?
(a) Permission to visit Phuong at his apartment
(b) Money
(c) To see him some opium
(d) Information about Pyle

2. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?
(a) He sees Alden Pyle as a complete fool who should go home.
(b) He sees Alden Pyle as modest, serious, quiet, and soft-spoken.
(c) He sees Alden Pyle as a boy who is acting like a man.
(d) He sees Alden Pyle as mature beyond his years.

3. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?
(a) No, and later he will regret it.
(b) Yes, but he doesn't understand what he's saying.
(c) No, because Pyle speaks poor French.
(d) Yes, but he soon forgets it.

4. What offer does Pyle make to Miss Hei?
(a) He offers to light her cigarette.
(b) He offers to show her to the door.
(c) He offers to help Miss Hei get a job with his Mission.
(d) He offers to pay her every time Phuong comes to his apartment.

5. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?
(a) He is looking for a young Asian wife.
(b) He is covering the war in Vietnam in 1952 in which the French armies are fighting against the Communist Vietminh.
(c) He is writing a book about the Vietnamese people.
(d) He is on holiday from his correspondance post in India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fowler thinking as he watches Pyle and Phuong dancing?

2. How does the telegram affect Fowler?

3. Why is the American Attache upset?

4. What book does Pyle go on and on about?

5. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 435 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample