View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?
(a) The Milk Fountain where Vietnamese people buy malted milks.
(b) The spies who are trailing Fowler.
(c) That Fowler is left-handed.
(d) The time on the big clock in the square.

2. Returning to the night Fowler met Pyle, where was he?
(a) He was strolling along the rue Catinat.
(b) He was fishing in the river.
(c) He and Phuong were dining at the Continental.
(d) He was meeting Vigot at the surete.

3. Where do Pyle and Fowler want to go?
(a) They say they would like to go to Cambodia.
(b) Pyle wants to go to America and Fowler wants to go to England.
(c) Both Pyle and Fowler express interest in going to Phat Diem to access the situation.
(d) They both want to go to Bangkok.

4. Why is the American Attache upset?
(a) He knows Pyle's father.
(b) He thinks the French should stay out of it.
(c) He is upset seeing Fowler on the scene.
(d) He wis called out of bed to come to Pyle's apartment.

5. How does Pyle tell Fowler he got to Phat Diem?
(a) Pyle relates how he came to Phat Diem alone and by boat.
(b) Pyle says he came in a military Jeep.
(c) Pyle tells Fowler he hiked the whole way.
(d) Pyle says he parachuetted out of a plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phuong want to see?

2. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?

3. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?

4. Besides Phuong, why does Fowler really want to stay in Vietnam?

5. Having nothing else to do, where does Fowler go once he is back in Saigon?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 494 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample