1. 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 Pyle to act like he is insane.
(d) Fowler tells him to run for his life.

2. What is Fowler thinking as he watches Pyle and Phuong dancing?
(a) Fowler recalls how she used to dance at the Grand Monde.
(b) He thinks about what a good dancer Pyle is.
(c) He thinks about his late wife.
(d) He thinks about his opium pipe.

3. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?
(a) He tells Pyle where to find a great Vietnamese tailor.
(b) He tells Pyle where to find beautiful Vietnamese women.
(c) He tells Pyle how to bargain with a trishaw driver.
(d) He tells Pyle at what times of the day what roads and parts of town are safe.

4. Where and with whom is Thomas Fowler as The Quiet American begins?
(a) He is flying into Saigon from a trip he made to England.
(b) He is at the Continental having a cappuccino with his editor.
(c) He is walking along the beach on the China Sea.
(d) The story opens with Fowler in his rooms over the rue Catinat in Saigon with his beautiful young lover Phuong.

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