1. What does Fowler think about the prospects of the French holding the north?
(a) He thinks the French will have to bring in allies to help.
(b) He thinks the French will pull out and leave it for the communists.
(c) He thinks that the French can hold Northern Vietnam if the Chinese don't intervene.
(d) He thinks it will be a decades long standoff.

2. What does Fowler see when he goes out?
(a) He sees that the town was not touched and most people are alive.
(b) He sees that the United Nations is there to help the survivors.
(c) He sees bodies and body parts floating in canals, some covered with flies, some lying dead on the road.
(d) He sees that the Vietminh have set up a hospital to treat the wounded.

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

4. What restriction is imposed by the French after the battle of Phat Diem?
(a) No one is allowed near the river.
(b) No journalists, including Fowler, are allowed to report it.
(c) No one can leave the area without a security check.
(d) No one can return to Saigon until reinforcements arrive.

5. What ridiculous suggestion does Pyle make?
(a) That he and Phuong should have blood tests to see if they could have children.
(b) That Fowler give the bride away.
(c) That Phuong moves in with her sister until they are married.
(d) That they should see a priest about pre-Cana sessions.