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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vigot want to do without Phuong being present?
(a) Join Fowler in an opium pipe
(b) Play a dice game
(c) Go through Phuong's possessions
(d) Come to Fowler's apartment and ask more questions

2. What does Fowler realize about bicycle pumps?
(a) They could be made into makeshift mortar firers.
(b) They were being replaced with rifle mounts.
(c) They were used to inflate rafts.
(d) The mold at Mr. Muoi's iss shaped like a half section of a bicycle pump.

3. What had Pyle done that was according to Harding's book?
(a) Built up a bicycle brigad to be his Third force
(b) Brought in mercenaries to be a Third Force
(c) Recruited Vietminh to form a Third Force
(d) Formed a Third Force of 2,000 bandits and two tame tigers

4. What did Fowler go to see in the other end of rue Catinat?
(a) An apartment for sale
(b) An art collection
(c) A used car
(d) A new movie house

5. What does Fowler tell Vigot he should have become?
(a) A priest
(b) A magician
(c) A reporter
(d) A shop keeper

6. What does Fowler discover at 3:00 a.m.?
(a) The men from the Surete are at his door.
(b) His opium has been stolen.
(c) Phuong has moved out.
(d) His apartment has been broken into.

7. Why are Fowler and Pyle marooned in the Vietnamese tower?
(a) There is no gasoline near there.
(b) The rope ladder has been taken away.
(c) There is shooting down below.
(d) It is past curfew.

8. What is behind the Holy See as one approaches Tanyin?
(a) The sacred mountain that looks like a bowler hat.
(b) The waterfalls of antiquity
(c) A dark jungle
(d) The palaces of the Pope of Caodaism

9. What do Caodaists' churches look like?
(a) Pink and blue with a huge eye of God over the door
(b) Golden pagodas
(c) Green domes with a hole in the top
(d) Stone squares with minarets at the four corners

10. What drink does Pyle offer Fowler in Tanyin?
(a) Scotch
(b) Lime juice
(c) Gin
(d) Warm beer

11. What does Dominguez do when Fowler swats at a mosquito droning near his ear?
(a) He kills it when Fowler misses.
(b) He applauds.
(c) He winces.
(d) He gets the bug spray.

12. What does Phuong give Fowler after he gets home?
(a) An opened telegram and the unopened letter from his wife.
(b) A massage.
(c) A marriage ultimatum.
(d) An opium pipe.

13. What does Mr. Heng say that reminds him of Captain Trouin?
(a) "We do what we have to do."
(b) "Forget the carnage and think of the future."
(c) "War is hell."
(d) "Sooner or later, one has to take sides if one is to remain human."

14. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?
(a) He and Pyle puch the car a hundred meters down the road.
(b) He climbs a rope ladder and is terrified.
(c) He blinks his car lights to draw attention.
(d) He honks his horn with a secret signal.

15. What has made Vigot's day so long and tiring?
(a) Meetings with the French Embassy
(b) Catching up on paperwork
(c) Murder and sudden deaths
(d) Petty thefts and a few suicides

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Vigot say was used on Pyle?

2. Why does Fowler want to read Phuong's thoughts?

3. What does Fowler ask Mr. Heng about Pyle?

4. What does Pyle accuse Fowler of doing to keep Phuong for himself?

5. What is Fowler forced to do since Dominguez is out of commission?

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