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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Vigot reveal about Pyle's murder?
(a) He is sad that they got Pyle instead of some outrageous American.
(b) He cannot believe someone would kill such a gentle person.
(c) Vigot says he is not sorry that Pyle is dead because he was causing a lot of harm.
(d) He says he has no feeling because he never met Pyle.

2. What does Fowler tell Pyle to do so that the girls will stop mobbing him?
(a) Fowler tells Pyle to pay them all off.
(b) Fowler tells him to pick one so that the others will leave him alone.
(c) Fowler tells him to run for his life.
(d) Fowler tells Pyle to act like he is insane.

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

4. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?
(a) It keeps him busy so he does not have time to think about her.
(b) He hopes she will make the first move if he accepts the pipes.
(c) He knows if he smokes more than four pipes, he will lose his desire for her.
(d) He is more addicted to opium than he is to Phuong.

5. What is Alden Pyle's Passion?
(a) Phuong
(b) Scotch and soda
(c) Getting the French out of Vietnam
(d) To reform and redeem the entire universe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?

2. How does the telegram affect Fowler?

3. How does Pyle see himself?

4. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?

5. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?

(see the answer key)

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