1. 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.

2. What happens at the fountain in front of the big store?
(a) Pyle is keeping people away from the fountain.
(b) Three bicycles put there by the police explode.
(c) The police have blocked off the street to the fountain.
(d) People are diving into the fountain.

3. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?
(a) Peraud has a phobia against germs.
(b) Peraud is mad about Vietnamese art.
(c) Peraud is infatuated with every woman he meets.
(d) Peraud is devoted to Our Lady of Fatima.

4. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?
(a) An American who works alone in a large office.
(b) An American who has lost his voice.
(c) Not the obnoxious pushy kind of person that is often the stereotype of Americans in foreign countries.
(d) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.

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