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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the Vietminh infiltrate the city?
(a) The Vietminh come in as rice traders.
(b) The Vietminh join their procession for Fatima and take them by surprise.
(c) The Vietminh arrive as traders looking for business.
(d) The Vietminh enter the city dressed as nuns.

3. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?
(a) He is a reporter for the New York Times.
(b) He works for Harvard University.
(c) He is a battery manufacturer.
(d) He works for the Economic Aid Mission.

4. How do Fowler and the others eventually leave Phat Diem?
(a) They are rescued at night by French helicopters.
(b) Fowler marches with others through farmland. Everyone's nerves are taut with fear yet it is very boring.
(c) They make a huge raft and go down the river that Fowler came up on.
(d) They stay in the cathedarl until the French retake the city.

5. What book does Pyle go on and on about?
(a) The Yellow Peril
(b) The Red Badge of Courage
(c) The History of War
(d) Democracy and the Eastern Cultures

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fowler suddenly have a big suspicion about Pyle?

2. What does Fowler have to say about General The?

3. How does Pyle tell Fowler he got to Phat Diem?

4. How does the telegram affect Fowler?

5. What feeling does Vigot reveal about Pyle's murder?

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